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Devil's Ball
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"Devil's Ball" was named in the tradition of many other 511th Bomb Squadron aircraft by incorporating the word 'Ball' in the title, after the squadron's first commander Clinton F Ball.

This aircraft reportedly completed 64 combat missions but we have only been able to identify 60. If you can add to these or offer any photos or further information on missions and crews relating to this aircraft we would be pleased to hear from you.

Service Record

  1. First mission on record 7 October 1943 ?
  2. 65 missions flown
  3. Iced up and crashed near Market Deeping during assembly, 8th September 1944; 8 killed 8 September 1944
Fate
Iced up and crashed near Market Deeping during assembly, 8th September 1944; 8 killed
Date
8 September 1944

Location

Known mission list

DateCrewTargetNotes
7 Oct 1943 ? (Pilot) ? Delivered to Cheyenne Modification Center
21 Oct 1943 ? (Pilot) ? To Grand Island AAB, Nebraska
27 Oct 1943 ? (Pilot) ? To Nashville AAB
23 Dec 1943 ? (Pilot) ? Assigned to 351BG
30 Dec 1943 D E Watson (Pilot) Ludwigshaven Chemical & explosives factory
31 Dec 1943 F W Turbyne (Pilot) Cognac Airfield
21 Jan 1944 S L Wendt (Pilot) St Omer V-weapon site
29 Jan 1944 C T Pryor (Pilot) Frankfurt Category A - flak damage
5 Feb 1944 C T Pryor (Pilot) Chateauroux airfield
6 Feb 1944 C T Pryor (Pilot) Caen airfield
11 Feb 1944 G Johnson (Pilot) Frankfurt
21 Feb 1944 C T Pryor (Pilot) Achmer airfield
22 Feb 1944 D M Heller (Pilot) Bernberg airfield May have bombed Magdeburg as target of opportunity
2 Mar 1944 C T Pryor (Pilot) Frankfurt
3 Mar 1944 C T Pryor (Pilot) Wilhelmshaven
4 Mar 1944 J J Redmond (Pilot) Bonn
6 Mar 1944 G W Mears (Pilot) Berlin Bombed Templin -- 38 miles NNE of Berlin
11 Mar 1944 J C Scarlett (Pilot) Munster
13 Mar 1944 M J Borchert (Pilot) Beauvoir airfield
23 Mar 1944 C T Pryor (Pilot) Munster
24 Mar 1944 C T Pryor (Pilot) Schweinfurt
26 Mar 1944 C T Pryor (Pilot) Watten V-weapon site
27 Mar 1944 C T Pryor (Pilot) Tours airfield
9 Apr 1944 C T Pryor (Pilot) Rahmel airfield, Poland
11 Apr 1944 C T Pryor (Pilot) Arnimswalde
19 Apr 1944 A J Zitollo (Pilot) Kassel
20 Apr 1944 R W Crews (Pilot) La Glacerie V-weapon site
25 Apr 1944 W H Power (Pilot) Nancy airfield
Aborted
26 Apr 1944 W H Power (Pilot) Brunswick
27 Apr 1944 R J Roper (Pilot) Beauvoir V-weapon site
4 May 1944 M Karagiannis (Pilot) Berlin
Aborted
7 May 1944 M Karagiannis (Pilot) Berlin Category A - flak damage
9 May 1944 F/O R E Probasco (Pilot) Luxembourg rail yards
11 May 1944 I L Belote (Pilot) Luxembourg rail yards
20 May 1944 C F Miller (Pilot) Villacoublay Airfield
23 May 1944 M Karagiannis (Pilot) Epinal
25 May 1944 M Karagiannis (Pilot) Metz rail yards
29 May 1944 M Karagiannis (Pilot) Sorau Focke Wulf assembly plant
6 Jun 1944 I L Belote (Pilot) Caen / Le Havre
7 Jun 1944 R J Roper (Pilot) Falaise Tactical target to support invasion troops
10 Jun 1944 L J Dingle (Pilot) Gael airfield
11 Jun 1944 M Karagiannis (Pilot) Bernay / St Martin airfields
12 Jun 1944 R Sutton (Pilot) Cambrai-Niergnes airfield
15 Jun 1944 M Karagiannis (Pilot) Angouleme rail yards
21 Jun 1944 W M Power (Pilot) Berlin Friedrichstrasse rail station
22 Jun 1944 M Karagiannis (Pilot) Rouen Oil storage depot
23 Jun 1944 L J Dingle (Pilot) V-weapon site
25 Jun 1944 H J Matre (Pilot) Toulouse airfield
29 Jun 1944 L J Dingle (Pilot) Liepzig
4 Jul 1944 J A Myl (Pilot) Saumur rail bridge
6 Jul 1944 R S Brackens (Pilot) V-weapon site
7 Jul 1944 M Karagiannis (Pilot) Leipzig Aircraft factory
11 Jul 1944 C D Aldridge (Pilot) Munich
16 Jul 1944 C R Strange (Pilot) Stuttgart
18 Jul 1944 M Karagiannis (Pilot) Peenemunde Electrolytic hydrogen plant
19 Jul 1944 M Karagiannis (Pilot) Augsburg Aircraft assembly plant
21 Jul 1944 H R Hibbard (Pilot) Schweinfurt Ball bearing plant
31 Jul 1944 G W Uttley (Pilot) Munich
1 Aug 1944 J E Barrieau (Pilot) Chateaudun airfield
3 Aug 1944 J A Bunnell (Pilot) Saarbrucken rail yards
13 Aug 1944 H EPopp (Pilot) Louviers Tactical support for ground troops
16 Aug 1944 H E Popp (Pilot) Schkeuckitz
24 Aug 1944 C T Adams (Pilot) Buchenwald / Nordhausen
30 Aug 1944 C T Adams (Pilot) Kiel
8 Sep 1944 J C Haba (Pilot), C M Cavett (Co-Pilot) Ludwigshaven
Lost		 Iced up and crashed near Market Deeping during assembly. 8 killed

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