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Mission:136 Runway:23Thumbnail image for /public/Archive/Takeoff/Plan23.jpg
Date:08/27/1944Engines:0850
Commander:Maj. J. MaupinTaxi:0905
Crews Briefed:39Take Off:0920
E.T.R.:1836
Details:Notes:
undefinedThe Group was briefed at 0600 for a mission to "Big B". After several delays, takeoff commenced at 1000 hours, and all 37 operational aircraft were airborne by 1034 hours. A "RECALL" message was sent to the Group at 1338 hours, and by 1730 hours all operational aircraft had landed safely.

Debriefing

Aircraft:39
Lost Over Continent:0
Lost Other:0
Summary:
The primary target for this mission was to have been the Focke-Wolf and Henschel aircraft factories located on the outskirts of Berlin. However, when the formation reached the Danish coast it found a wall of high clouds in its path, and a Recall message was received to turn back. All aircraft returned with their bombs. The 401st provided the complete 94th Combat Wing "A" formation. Some flak was encountered over the German-occupied part of the Danish Peninsula.

Mission Assignments

SquadronParticipants
CrewAircraft
Estel Burns crew 42-106992 Baby Lu
Bernhardt Carns crew 42-97600 (PFF Ship)
Roger Gibson crew 42-39993 Hell's Angel Out of Chute 13
James Knost crew 42-102393 Diana Queen of the Chase
Grant Linford crew 42-97938 Twan-n-g-g-g
David Loughlin crew 43-37628 Heavenly Body
Louis Ludeman crew 42-102398 Dynamite John
Charles Maxwell crew 42-37981 Belle of the Barbary Coast
Morris Mohler crew 42-107039 Ice Cold Katy
CrewAircraft
Clayton Budd crew 43-37632 I. P.
Albert Hanson crew 44-6310 Rocky Lois
Arther Jetter crew 42-102947 D-Day Dottie
Charles Keeling crew (Unknown)
Cleatus Lemmons crew 44-6104 Homing Pigeon
Jack Lippert crew 43-37790 Lady Luck
Russell Lockhart crew 43-38267 Maximum Effort
William Manix crew 42-97780 Blue Bomb Express
Augustus Nelson crew 43-38160
Walter Thomason Jr. crew 44-6113 No. 2 Bandwagon
CrewAircraft
John Crozier crew 44-6145 Cover Girl
Garrett Filemyr crew 42-32012 Shark Tooth
Paul Koons crew 42-97395 Chute The Works
Howard Lerwick crew 43-37602 Lady Vivian
Clifford Lincoln crew 44-8033 (PFF Ship)
Hal Mays crew 42-97869 Hula Girl
Harry Silverstein crew 42-31662 Fancy Nancy IV
Norman Sisson crew 42-107084 Betty's Revenge
Charles Utter crew 42-102659 Hard Seventeen
CrewAircraft
Louis Cooper crew 42-31091 Maggie
Herbert Dow crew 43-38077 Tagalong
Robert Duckworth crew 42-102957 Fearless Fosdick
William Grimm crew 43-38159 Wolf Pack
Michael Kochel crew 43-38125 Mary Makers
Bodo Konze crew 44-6146 Little Cheezer
William McIlraith crew 42-102468 The Farmer's Daughter
Clinton Parr crew 42-31485 Old Ironsides
George Sombart crew 42-97664 Aw Come On

Modified on 2024/02/28 16:51 by SYSTEM Categorized as Combat, Historical, Mission
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