During the mission of 15th October 1944, Little Miss Mischief was seriously damaged by flak on approach to the target, tearing open a large hole in the left waist and almost cutting the aircraft in two. Following return to Bassingbourn the relatively undamaged front of the aircraft was joined with the rear portion of "Wallaroo Mark II" (42-31405, a B-17G of 303BG), which had crash landed on a non-combat flight on 7th August and been declared salvage. Parts of 13 other aircraft were also used in the repair.

The resulting aircraft was unusual in that whilst Little Miss Mischief was natural metal finish, Wallaroo Mark II was painted olive drab, resulting in an aircraft with a silver front and olive drab rear.