42-31156

Big Stoop

42-31156 was assigned to the 447th on November 19, 1943, and joined the group at Rattlesden.  On April 11, 1944 Big Stoop  was hit by flak on the mission to Arnimswalde, in northern Germany. The aircraft made a crash landing on Bornholm Island in Denmark.

No. DATE TARGET PILOT
10 01/24/44  FRANKFURT Leach
12 01/30/44 BRUNSWICK Perkins
13 02/03/44 WILHELMSHAVEN Hopla
13 02/03/44 WILHELMSHAVEN Pauling
19 02/13/44 NOBALL NO.S 110, 78 Pauling
20 02/20/44 TUTOW Stenvig
21 02/21/44 DIEPHOLZ Pauling
22 02/24/44 ROSTOCK Pauling
23 02/25/44 REGENSBURG Pauling
24 02/28/44 NOBALL NO. 74 BOIS DE LA JUSTICE Donahue 
25 02/29/44 BRUNSWICK Morley
26 03/03/44 BERLIN - RECALL Herdick
27 03/04/44 BERLIN - RECALL Pauling
28 03/06/44 BERLIN Pauling
35 03/18/44 MUNICH Hughes
39 3/27/44 MARIGNAC CHARTRES Pauling
41 3/28/44 CHARTRES Pauling
46 4/11/44 ARNIMSWALDE Pauling

Four members of Lt. Pauling's crew were captured.  The rest managed to return to England.