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Milk Wagon
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According to the official records of 447BG, "Milk Wagon" completed a total of 129 combat sorties, with no mechanical aborts, prior to the cessation of hostilities.

We have only been able to identify 123. If you can offer any further information on this aircraft, its crews and missions, photos, etc,please make contact.

Service Record

  1. First mission on record 18 May 1944 ?
  2. 128 missions flown
  3. Returned to USA 13 July 1945
Fate
Returned to USA
Date
13 July 1945

Location

Known mission list

DateCrewTargetNotes
18 May 1944 ? (Pilot) ? Delivered to Cheyenne Modification Center
27 May 1944 ? (Pilot) ? To Kearney AAB. Nebraska
8 Jun 1944 ? (Pilot) ? To Dow Field AAB and assigned overseas
9 Jun 1944 ? (Pilot) ? Assigned to 447BG
20 Jun 1944 E F Gibson (Pilot) Fallersleben First combat sortie
21 Jun 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Berlin
22 Jun 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Abortive
Aborted
24 Jun 1944 E F Gibson (Pilot) Bremen
25 Jun 1944 Lt Leitch (Pilot) Vercors Supply drop to French Resistance fighters
29 Jun 1944 Lt Douglas (Pilot) Bohlen
6 Jul 1944 Lt Thorpe (Pilot) Berck airfield
7 Jul 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Merseburg Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.?;
11 Jul 1944 Lt Quintin (Pilot) Munich
13 Jul 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Munich
14 Jul 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Southern France Supply drop to French Resistance fighters
16 Jul 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Stuttgart
18 Jul 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Kiel
19 Jul 1944 Lt Hawkins (Pilot) Eberbach
20 Jul 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Merseburg Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
21 Jul 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Regensburg
24 Jul 1944 Lt Mitchell (Pilot) St Lo
Aborted		 Tactical ground support
27 Jul 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Ostend
Aborted
1 Aug 1944 Lt Lakeman (Pilot) South East France Supply drop to French Resistance fighters
2 Aug 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Paris area
4 Aug 1944 Lt McKinley (Pilot) Ostend coastal defences
7 Aug 1944 R F Adams (Pilot) Anizy
Aborted
8 Aug 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Bretteville-sur-Laize
9 Aug 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Aachen Tactical ground support
11 Aug 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Belfort rail yard
13 Aug 1944 J E Young (Pilot) Tactical Ground support
14 Aug 1944 J R James (Pilot) Mannheim
16 Aug 1944 J F Noonan (Pilot) Rositz
18 Aug 1944 J E Young (Pilot) St Dizier airfield
24 Aug 1944 J R James (Pilot) Brux
30 Aug 1944 Lt Westrope (Pilot) Bremen
1 Sep 1944 Lt Westrope (Pilot) Abortive
Aborted
3 Sep 1944 Lt Polansky (Pilot) Brest coastal defences
5 Sep 1944 Lt Westrope (Pilot) Brest harbour
8 Sep 1944 J F Noonan (Pilot) Mainz
17 Sep 1944 Lt Westrope (Pilot) Arnhem Flak towers in support of airborne drop
19 Sep 1944 Lt Westrope (Pilot) Coblenz rail yards
27 Sep 1944 Lt Russell (Pilot) Ludwigshaven Flew with 94BG composite formation
28 Sep 1944 Lt Russell (Pilot) Merseberg Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
2 Oct 1944 Lt Westrope (Pilot) Kassel
3 Oct 1944 Lt Westrope (Pilot) Giebelstadt airfield
5 Oct 1944 Lt Tietjen (Pilot) Munster / Loddenheide Airfield
9 Oct 1944 Lt Westrope (Pilot) Gustavburg
12 Oct 1944 Lt Westrope (Pilot) Bremen Lost #4 eng over enemy territory, turned back
14 Oct 1944 Lt Westrope (Pilot) Cologne
17 Oct 1944 Lt Westrope (Pilot) Cologne
18 Oct 1944 Lt Westrope (Pilot) Kassel / Mittefeld
19 Oct 1944 Lt Tietjen (Pilot) Mannhiem
22 Oct 1944 Lt Wing (Pilot) Munster
25 Oct 1944 Lt Tietjen (Pilot) Hamburg / Harburg
26 Oct 1944 W C Huber (Pilot) Hannover
30 Oct 1944 Lt Wiggin (Pilot) Merseburg
Aborted		 Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
2 Nov 1944 W C Huber (Pilot) Merseburg 2Lt R Femoyer (N) awarded posthumous Medal of Honor Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
4 Nov 1944 W C Huber (Pilot) Hamburg / Rhenania
5 Nov 1944 W C Huber (Pilot) Ludwigshaven
6 Nov 1944 Lt Russell (Pilot) Neumunster
9 Nov 1944 W C Huber (Pilot) French-German border
16 Nov 1944 Lt Lovett (Pilot) Duren Landed at Welford Park due to visibility
21 Nov 1944 W C Huber (Pilot) Coblenz
25 Nov 1944 Lt Lund (Pilot) Merseburg Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
30 Nov 1944 Lt Hight (Pilot) Lutzkendorf
10 Dec 1944 W C Huber (Pilot) Coblenz / Lutzel
11 Dec 1944 W C Huber (Pilot) Coblenz rail yards
12 Dec 1944 Lt Middleer (Pilot) Darmstadt
15 Dec 1944 Lt Schwab (Pilot) Hannover rail yards
24 Dec 1944 W C Huber (Pilot) Babenhausen
30 Dec 1944 W C Huber (Pilot) Mannheim rail yards
31 Dec 1944 W C Huber (Pilot) Wenzendorf airfield Chaff a/c
1 Jan 1945 W C Huber (Pilot) Dolbergen
2 Jan 1945 W C Huber (Pilot) Nalbach Tactical ground support
3 Jan 1945 W C Huber (Pilot) Coblenz rail yards
6 Jan 1945 W C Huber (Pilot) Worms rail yard
7 Jan 1945 W C Huber (Pilot) Paderborn rail yard
15 Jan 1945 W C Huber (Pilot) Augsburg
16 Jan 1945 W C Huber (Pilot) Magdeburg Landed away
20 Jan 1945 W C Huber (Pilot) Heilbronn rail yard
29 Jan 1945 Lt Dewey (Pilot) Kassel
1 Feb 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Wesel rail bridge Flew with 385BG formation
3 Feb 1945 Lt Hammond (Pilot) Berlin Tempelhof
14 Feb 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Wesel rail bridge Chaff a/c
15 Feb 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Cottbus rail yard
16 Feb 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Wesel rail bridge
19 Feb 1945 W C Huber (Pilot) Wesel rail bridge
22 Feb 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Aalen rail yard
23 Feb 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Crailsheim rail yard
24 Feb 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Bremen
25 Feb 1945 Lt Gurney (Pilot) Neuberg
26 Feb 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Berlin Alexanderplatz
27 Feb 1945 Clark (Pilot) Liepzig
1 Mar 1945 Clark (Pilot) Augsburg
2 Mar 1945 A N Jacques (Pilot) Dresden
3 Mar 1945 M S Maxwell (Pilot) Brunswick
7 Mar 1945 Clark (Pilot) Dattein-Emscher Lippe
8 Mar 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Frankfurt rail yard
9 Mar 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Frankfurt airfields
10 Mar 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Dortmund rail yard
11 Mar 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Hamburg
12 Mar 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Marburg rail yard
14 Mar 1945 M S Maxwell (Pilot) Hannover / Gebruder
17 Mar 1945 Lt Gurney (Pilot) Ruhland
18 Mar 1945 Lt Dankmyer (Pilot) Berlin
19 Mar 1945 Lt Dankmyer (Pilot) Zwickau
20 Mar 1945 E N Warren (Pilot) Hamburg
21 Mar 1945 A N Jacques (Pilot) Wittmundshafen airfield
22 Mar 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Military camp
23 Mar 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Holzwickede
24 Mar 1945 Lt Roberts (Pilot) Varrelbusch airfield
28 Mar 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Hannover rail yard
30 Mar 1945 Lt Gurney (Pilot) Hamburg
31 Mar 1945 S L Radus (Pilot) Salzwedel airfield
3 Apr 1945 S L Radus (Pilot) Kiel
4 Apr 1945 S L Radus (Pilot) Kiel
9 Apr 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Neuberg airfield
10 Apr 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Brandenburg airfield
11 Apr 1945 Lt Dankmyer (Pilot) Ingolstadt airfield
14 Apr 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Royan
15 Apr 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Royan defences Carried napalm
16 Apr 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Royan harbour
17 Apr 1945 M S Maxwell (Pilot) Dresden
19 Apr 1945 T D Maxwell (Pilot) Dresden rail yard
20 Apr 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Neuruppin rail yard
21 Apr 1945 Lt Clark (Pilot) Ingolstadt rail yard 129th combat mission -- highest in 447BG
9 Jul 1945 ? (Pilot) ? Returned to Bradley Field, USA
13 Jul 1945 ? (Pilot) ? To RFC Kingman, Arizona, for scrapping