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Service Record
- First mission on record 29 April 1943 ?
- 26 missions flown
- Missing, 10th October 1943; hit by flak, flew over an airfield and was shot down 10 October 1943
Location
Known mission list
| Date | Crew | Target | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr 1943 | E A Kiessling | ? | Original a/c assigned to 100BG at Kearney, Nebraska |
| 31 May 1943 | ? | ? | Assigned overseas to 8AF in England |
| 9 Jun 1943 | ? | ? | To Thorpe Abbotts |
| 22 Jun 1943 | ? | Decoy mission | Diversionary mission - no sortie credit |
| 25 Jun 1943 | J F Stephens | Bremen | |
| 26 Jun 1943 | E A Kiessling | Le Mans | |
| 28 Jun 1943 | E A Kiessling , J F Stephens | St Nazaire Aborted |
returned early - spare a/c (non sortie) |
| 29 Jun 1943 | E A Kiessling , J F Stephens | Le Mans | |
| 4 Jul 1943 | Maj J C Egan , E A Kiessling | La Pallice | |
| 10 Jul 1943 | E A Kiessling | Le Bourget Aborted |
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| 14 Jul 1943 | E A Kiessling | Le Bourget | |
| 17 Jul 1943 | E A Kiessling | Hamburg No Sortie |
Failed to take off due to flat tyre |
| 25 Jul 1943 | J F Stephens | Warnemunde & Kiel | |
| 28 Jul 1943 | E A Kiessling , J F Stephens | Oschersleben Aborted |
Returned early (non sortie) -- could not locate formation |
| 29 Jul 1943 | E A Kiessling | Warnemunde | |
| 30 Jul 1943 | E A Kiessling , J F Stephens | Kassel | |
| 12 Aug 1943 | E A Kiessling , J F Stephens | Bonn & Target of Opport | |
| 17 Aug 1943 | J D Brady | Regensburg | Cat AC damage |
| 24 Aug 1943 | ? | Bordeaux Aborted |
Returned early - oil leak |
| 6 Sep 1943 | J F Stephens | Stuttgart | |
| 7 Sep 1943 | J F Stephens | Watten V-weapon site | Camera a/c |
| 9 Sep 1943 | ? | Beauvais - Tille | |
| 15 Sep 1943 | ? | Paris (Renault plant) | Severe damage - out of action for several days |
| 8 Oct 1943 | J F Stephens | Bremen Aborted |
Returned early (non sortie) -- oil leak, #1 engine |
| 9 Oct 1943 | J F Stephens | Marienburg | |
| 10 Oct 1943 | J F Stephens , H L Smith | Munster Lost |
MISSING -- Hit by flak, flew over airfield and shot down |
