Mission Roster

Date: 31 December 1943

Target: Cognac Airfield

Home base 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
Bad Egg (41-24484)	H H Evers (Pilot), F/O P G McDuffee (Co-Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron
Devil's Ball (42-31238)	F W Turbyne (Pilot)	351st Bomb Group, 511th Bomb Squadron
Lady Luck (42-29837)	Lt Harvey G Hesse (Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron	Cat A BD - flak + mg
Oklahoma Okie (42-29921) Lost	B T G Dudley (Pilot), G E Neff (Co-Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron	MISSING - near IP enveloped in flames and exploded, 7-8 e/a attacking.
The Shamrock Special (42-29591)	W B Smith (Pilot), H E Kirby (Co-Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron	Cat AC - flak + shell cases. Me109 destroyed
Winnie The Pooh (42-3422)	Wheeler (Pilot)	100th Bomb Group