Mission Roster

Date: 29 April 1944

Target: Berlin

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Target Confirmed loss/crash site

Dashed lines are straight-line approximations, not real flight paths - they give a rough sense of distance and time, not the actual route.

Participating listed aircraft

Aircraft	Crew	Unit	Notes
Boeing Belle (42-39867)	E W Wolf (Pilot)	100th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Squadron	Serious damage - right inner wing and main spar
Boston Bombshell (42-39996)	J P Bilotta (Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 322nd Bomb Squadron	Flew with 324BS
General Ike (42-97061)	Capt Samuelson (Pilot), R V Maziarz (Co-Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron	Group lead
Haard Luck (42-97334)	J H Bullard (Pilot)	95th Bomb Group, 336th Squadron
Nine O Nine (42-31909)	Basil F Hackleman (Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 323rd Bomb Squadron	(P) completed tour
Patty Jo (42-31242)	W J Brunk (Pilot)	388th Bomb Group, 563rd Bomb Squadron	Severe damage
Royal Flush (42-6087)	R F Lischer (Pilot)	100th Bomb Group, 418th Bomb Squadron
Sad Sack (The) (42-99988) Lost	W Ponge (Pilot), E Snowbarger (Co-Pilot)	448th Bomb Group, 714th Bomb Squadron	MISSING -- hit in cockpit by 20mm from Fw190s nr Dummer Lake, caught fire, dived out of control and crashed nr Nienburg.
Steady Hedy (42-97181)	R D Butteroff (Pilot)	306th Bomb Group, 369th Bomb Squadron
The Latest Rumor (42-97126)	K J Dille (Pilot)	100th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Squadron