USAAF Nose Art Research Project

Mission Roster

Date: 7 June 1945

Target: Osaka

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Home base Target

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

AircraftCrewUnitNotes
Booze Hound (44-69746) Calhoun (Pilot) 500th Bomb Group 881st Bomb Squadron
City Of Athens (42-94044) Maj P J Martin (Pilot), H R Donnelly (Co-Pilot) 39th Bomb Group, 62nd Bomb Squadron
Frisco Nannie (42-93889) 1st Lt J R Farrell (Pilot) 500th Bomb Group, 882nd Bomb Squadron
Pride of the Yankees (42-24676) Capt C Tackett (Pilot) 500th Bomb Group, 882nd Bomb Squadron
Slick Dick (42-24700) Hanft (Pilot) 500th Bomb Group, 882nd Bomb Squadron