USAAF Nose Art Research Project

Mission Roster

Date: 28 July 1944

Target: Merseburg (Taucha)

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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
Bomber Dear (42-97234) O J Snow (Pilot), N C Jensen (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group Landed at Wendling
Little Miss Mischief (42-97880) F/O J Bessolo (Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron Category A - minor flak damage
Nine O Nine (42-31909) John C Pullen (Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 323rd Bomb Squadron Landed at Wendling (short of fuel?)
Sunkist Sue (44-6293) J R Lyons (Pilot), L R Marlett (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron
The B.T.O. (43-37988) H Sherrill (Pilot), F J Gilligan (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron Minor flak damage Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.