Boeing Belle
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Previously "Hang The Expense" 349th Bomb Squadron (later 351st Bomb Squadron) If you can add any further detail to this mission listing I would be pleased to hear from you. Some sources put the final mission tally as high as 135 missions.

Service Record

  1. First mission on record 24 September 1943 ?
  2. 67 missions flown
  3. Survived the war; scrapped at Kingman RFC, Arizona 11 December 1945
Fate
Survived the war; scrapped at Kingman RFC, Arizona
Date
11 December 1945

Location

Known mission list

DateCrewTargetNotes
24 Sep 1943 ? (Pilot) ? Delivered to Long Beach
6 Oct 1943 ? (Pilot) ? Grand Island, Nebraska
11 Nov 1943 ? (Pilot) ? Assigned to 349BS, 100BG @ Thorpe Abbotts
30 Dec 1943 F Valesh (Pilot) Ludwigshaven Category Ac damage - mg fire. Landed @ RAF Lympne
11 Jan 1944 ? (Pilot) Osnabruck
Aborted
Non-sortie - returned early
24 Jan 1944 F Valesh (Pilot) Frankfurt
Aborted
Tail wheel blown off by flak, (TG) POW. Landed @ RAF Eastchurch (see photo above)
15 Mar 1944 Capt H E Keel (Pilot) Brunswick
18 Mar 1944 J F Massol (Pilot) Lechfeld
1 Apr 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Ludwigshaven
No Sortie
Non-sortie - not despatched
9 Apr 1944 R V E Monrad (Pilot) Krzesinki
10 Apr 1944 R V E Monrad (Pilot) Rheims
11 Apr 1944 L G Lacy (Pilot) Rostock 20mm thru right wing tip, bullet hole over (CP) window. One KIA
12 Apr 1944 R V E Monrad (Pilot) Schkeudiz
No Sortie
Non-sortie
13 Apr 1944 R V E Monrad (Pilot) Augsburg
Aborted
Non-sortie - returned early with bomb load due to fuel leak
18 Apr 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Berlin Category AC damage - flak thru plexinose, changed
19 Apr 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Lippstadt
No Sortie
Non-sortie - Spare
20 Apr 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Noball @ Marquenville / Flottemanville <b>Aircraft RE-NAMED as "Boeing Belle" from "Hang the Expense"</b>
22 Apr 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Hamm
26 Apr 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Brunswick
28 Apr 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Noball @ Sottevast Jettisoned bomb load
29 Apr 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Berlin Serious damage - right inner wing and main spar
7 May 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Berlin
8 May 1944 E J Simmons (Pilot) Berlin
11 May 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Liege MYs
12 May 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Brux Category AC damage - hit by door from another a/c
19 May 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Berlin
20 May 1944 R G Roeder (Pilot) Brussels
Aborted
Sortie (??)
31 May 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Osnabruck
No Sortie
Non-sortie - Spare
5 Jun 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Boulogne
6 Jun 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Falaise
6 Jun 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Caen
7 Jun 1944 E J Simmons (Pilot) Nantes
11 Jun 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Berck-sur-Mer
15 Jun 1944 H Dickert (Pilot) Misburg
20 Jun 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Fallersleben
24 Jun 1944 W L Greiner (Pilot) Noball @ Grand Couronne Landed @ RAF Woodbridge - hydraulics out. Transferred to 351BS after repairs
6 Jul 1944 E Zapf (Pilot) Noball @ Crepieul (BT) suffered anoxia
7 Jul 1944 D L Darby (Pilot) Bohlen
Aborted
Non-sortie - returned early, jettisoned bomb load
8 Jul 1944 D L Darby (Pilot) Clamcy-Joigny RR bridges
Aborted
Returned early - lost formation (sortie)?
11 Jul 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Munich
13 Jul 1944 Capt N F Smith (Pilot) Munich
14 Jul 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) South France
Aborted
Non-sortie - Returned early - engine trouble
17 Jul 1944 W L Greiner (Pilot) Ludwigshaven
18 Jul 1944 R A Ricci (Pilot) Kiel / Hemmingstadt
19 Jul 1944 L G Bennett (Pilot) Schweinfurt
20 Jul 1944 A J Gallagher (Pilot) Merseburg
No Sortie
Non-sortie - Spare
25 Jul 1944 D L Darby (Pilot) St Lo (tactical)
28 Jul 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Merseburg
29 Jul 1944 E W Wolf (Pilot) Merseburg
31 Jul 1944 D L Darby (Pilot) Munich
3 Aug 1944 O C Everitt (Pilot) Troyes
4 Aug 1944 R L Stevenson (Pilot) Hamburg
5 Aug 1944 J P Ernst (Pilot) Magdeburg
7 Aug 1944 D L Darby (Pilot) Beautor
Aborted
Returned early - Sortie(??)
8 Aug 1944 R L Stevenson (Pilot) St Sylvain
13 Aug 1944 L G Delaney (Pilot) Nantes-Gassicourt
15 Aug 1944 R L Stevenson (Pilot) Venlo airfield
25 Aug 1944 R L Stevenson (Pilot) Politz
26 Aug 1944 C J Hedin (Pilot) Brest
5 Sep 1944 R L Stevenson (Pilot) Stuttgart
10 Sep 1944 R L Stevenson (Pilot) Nurnburg
11 Sep 1944 O E Hopkins (Pilot) Ruhland
12 Sep 1944 O E Hopkins (Pilot) Magdeburg
13 Sep 1944 L G Bennett (Pilot) Sindelfingen
19 Jun 1945 ? (Pilot) Returned USA to Bradley Field 121 Base Unit
22 Jun 1945 ? (Pilot) South Plains 4168 Base Unit
11 Dec 1945 ? (Pilot) Kingman RFC, Arizona SCRAPPED

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