Winning Run
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Service Record

  1. First mission on record 17 March 1943 ?
  2. 21 missions flown
  3. Crashlanded 6 September 1943
Fate
Crashlanded
Date
6 September 1943

Journey

Home base Confirmed crash location

Known mission list

DateCrewTargetNotes
17 Mar 1943 ? (Pilot) ? Delivered to Cheyenne Modification Center
28 Mar 1943 ? (Pilot) ? To Gore AAB
13 Apr 1943 ? (Pilot) ? To Metropolitan AAB
29 Apr 1943 ? (Pilot) ? To Presque Isle, assigned to 303BG named "Buzzin Bronco"
13 Jun 1943 Capt B B Southworth (Pilot) Bremen Re-named as "Winning Run" by (P), whose father managed the St Louis Cardinals
22 Jun 1943 A F Burch (Pilot) Huls
23 Jun 1943 D P Shelhamer (Pilot) Villacoublay airfield
Aborted
Returned early - non-sortie, oxygen failure
25 Jun 1943 A A Cote (Pilot) Hamburg
26 Jun 1943 A A Cote (Pilot) Villacoublay airfield
28 Jun 1943 A A Cote (Pilot) Beaumont-le-Roger airfield
29 Jun 1943 J C James (Pilot) Villacoublay
Aborted
4 Jul 1943 J C James (Pilot) Le Mans airfield Two Fw190s claimed as destroyed
10 Jul 1943 J C James (Pilot) Poix & Abbeville airfields
17 Jul 1943 J C James (Pilot) Target of opportunity
Aborted
Returned early - non-sortie, (TG) oxygen failed, suffered anoxia
25 Jul 1943 Capt A C Strickland (Pilot) Hamburg
16 Aug 1943 ? (Pilot) ? Secret flight to North Africa
23 Aug 1943 ? (Pilot) ? Returned to UK from North Africa
27 Aug 1943 J C James (Pilot) Watten V-weapon site Category A damage - flak
31 Aug 1943 Capt A C Strickland (Pilot) Amiens/Glisy Airfield Group lead
3 Sep 1943 Capt A C Strickland (Pilot) Romilly-sur-Seine Category A damage - flak. (P) finished tour
6 Sep 1943 J C Jacobs (Pilot) Stuttgart
Lost
CRASHLANDED at RAF Deanland, near Uckfield, out of fuel