Rugged Buggy
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Service Record

  1. First mission on record 1 October 1942 Assigned to 68th Bomb Sqn as a/c (bar) A
  2. 15 missions flown
  3. Missing, 14th May 1943; straggled with #3 engine smoking, attacked by Fw190s, believed shot down by Hpt Gerhard Sommer, I/JG1 14 May 1943
Fate
Missing, 14th May 1943; straggled with #3 engine smoking, attacked by Fw190s, believed shot down by Hpt Gerhard Sommer, I/JG1
Date
14 May 1943

Known mission list

DateCrewTargetNotes
1 Oct 1942 ? (Pilot) Assigned to 68th Bomb Sqn as a/c (bar) A
2 Oct 1942 J E O'Brien (Pilot), M C Howell (Co-Pilot) ? Left Grenier Field for Gander and ETO
7 Nov 1942 Capt J E O'Brien (Pilot) Diversion
17 Nov 1942 Capt J E O'Brien (Pilot) Nanpertue-Cherbourg Airfield
18 Nov 1942 Capt J E O'Brien (Pilot) Diversion
6 Dec 1942 Capt J E O'Brien (Pilot) Abbeville / Drucat Airfield
12 Dec 1942 Capt J E O'Brien (Pilot) Abbeville / Drucat Airfield
20 Dec 1942 Capt J E O'Brien (Pilot) Romilly Airdrome
23 Jan 1943 Capt J E O'Brien (Pilot) Lorient
Aborted
27 Jan 1943 Capt J E O'Brien (Pilot) Wilhelmshaven 20mm and mg hits -- 2 KIA +2 WIA
22 Mar 1943 Capt J E O'Brien (Pilot) Wilhelmshaven (RW) destroyed Me110, (N) probable e/a
4 Apr 1943 Capt J E O'Brien (Pilot) Diversion
16 Apr 1943 G R Jansen (Pilot) Brest
1 May 1943 R B Houston (Pilot) Diversion
14 May 1943 M C Howell (Pilot), Maj J E O'Brien (Co-Pilot) Kiel
Lost
MISSING -- #3 eng smoking, straggled, attacked by Fw190s, believed shot down by Hpt Gerhard Sommer I/JG1