St Louis Blues
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Service Record

  1. First mission on record 10 November 1943 ?
  2. 21 missions flown
  3. Salvaged as obsolete at Hollandia, New Guinea 23 December 1944
Fate
Salvaged as obsolete at Hollandia, New Guinea
Date
23 December 1944

Known mission list

DateCrewTargetNotes
10 Nov 1943 ? (Pilot) ? To St Paul Mod. Center for conversion to F-7A photo recon
17 Jan 1944 ? (Pilot) ? To Will Rogers Field AAB, Okl -- assigned to 20CMS
9 Feb 1944 Lt David W Ecoff (Pilot) ? Assigned to Crew #12 at Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
18 Mar 1944 Lt David W Ecoff (Pilot) ? Despatched overseas from Hunter Field to 5AF
6 May 1944 Lt David W Ecoff (Pilot) Hollandia Poor weather - no photos
9 May 1944 Lt David W Ecoff (Pilot) Takar - Cape d'Urville Poor weather - no photos
13 May 1944 Lt Rives (Pilot) Biak Island Poor weather - no photos
1 Jun 1944 Lt Gathers (Pilot) Tomi-Tadfu-Holl & Sentani 100% success
4 Jun 1944 Lt David W Ecoff (Pilot) Geelvink Bay area Oxygen system failed - no photos
7 Jun 1944 Lt Harms (Pilot) Geelvink area Poor weather - no photos - staged from Saidor
11 Jun 1944 Capt Roberts (Pilot) Geelvink area Mechanical trouble - no photos
15 Jul 1944 Lt George Rives (Pilot) Vagelkop area 50% success - weather - staged from Hollandia
16 Jul 1944 Lt George Rives (Pilot) Vagelkop area 50% success - weather - staged from Hollandia
20 Jul 1944 Lt George Rives (Pilot) Vagelkop area Poor weather - no photos
23 Jul 1944 Lt Robert P Somerville (Pilot) Wewak area 100% success
11 Aug 1944 Maj Davis (Pilot) Wewak 100% success
31 Aug 1944 Capt Wilson (Pilot) Major & Halmaheras Islands Weather front prevented reaching target - no photos
1 Sep 1944 Lt Bromer (Pilot) Major & Halmaheras Islands 25% success - 9/10th Altostratus
3 Sep 1944 Lt David W Ecoff (Pilot) Tulaud & Sangihe Islands Poor weather over target - incomplete
9 Sep 1944 Lt Weidler (Pilot) Djailolo Town & Halmaheras Lost one engine - landed at Middleberg
23 Dec 1944 ? (Pilot) ? Salvaged as obsolete at Hollandia, New Guinea