B-17G-55-BO 42-102567
709th SQ — K
Photo undated.
Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; force landed base with Clark Graham 19/4/44; Dow Fd 24/4/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 3/5/44
Flight listings for 42-102567
This list is NOT limited to officially credited Combat missions, and may include Aborts, returns and non-takeoff occurrences as well.
| 447th Mission (Date) |
Target |
Pilot |
Notes |
| #73 (29-May-44) |
Leipzig, Germany |
Kaye, H. C. |
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| #74 (30-May-44) |
St. Pol-Siracourt, France |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #75 (31-May-44) |
Hamm, Germany |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #76 (02-Jun-44) |
Wimereux, France |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #78 (03-Jun-44) |
Pas de Calais / Audresselles, France |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #80 (04-Jun-44) |
Versailles, France |
Phillips, J. M. |
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| #81 (05-Jun-44) |
Le Touquet, France |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #82 (06-Jun-44) |
Caen, France |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #88 (12-Jun-44) |
Conches, France |
Gormly, R. P. |
ABORT #1 Eng out |
| #91 (18-Jun-44) |
Misburg, Germany |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #94 (21-Jun-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #95 (22-Jun-44) |
Nucourt, France |
Gormly, R. P. |
ABORT #2 Engine out |
| #97 (24-Jun-44) |
Wesermunde, Germany |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #99 (25-Jun-44) |
Vercors, France Area #1 |
Gage, R. W. |
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| #100 (28-Jun-44) |
Denian/Prouvy, France |
Milks, H. J. |
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| #101 (29-Jun-44) |
Bohlen, Germany |
Milks, H. J. |
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| #102 (06-Jul-44) |
Berck, France |
Gage, R. W. |
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| #104 (07-Jul-44) |
Meresburg, Germany |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #106 (11-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Miller, G. H. |
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| #107 (12-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #108 (13-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Phillips, J. M. |
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| #109 (14-Jul-44) |
Area 10, France |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #110 (16-Jul-44) |
Stuttgart, Germany |
Gage, R. W. |
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| #111 (18-Jul-44) |
Cuxhaven, Germany |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #113 (20-Jul-44) |
Merseburg, Germany |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #114 (21-Jul-44) |
Regensburg, Germany |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #115 (24-Jul-44) |
St. Lo, France |
Milks, H. J. |
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| #116 (25-Jul-44) |
St. Lo, France |
Milks, H. J. |
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| #119 (02-Aug-44) |
St. Dennis, France |
Lazzarini, H. |
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| #120 (04-Aug-44) |
Arras – Ostend, Belgium |
Hatfield, B. E. |
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| #121 (05-Aug-44) |
Magdeburg, Germany |
Fagg, P. E. |
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| #122 (07-Aug-44) |
Anizy le Chateau, France |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #125 (11-Aug-44) |
Belfort, France |
Kaye, H. C. |
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| #126 (13-Aug-44) |
Seine river area, France |
Skalitsky, S. B. |
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| #128 (15-Aug-44) |
Handorf, Germany |
Bloecker, W. R. |
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| #129 (16-Aug-44) |
Rositz, Germany |
Lazzarini, H. |
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| #130 (18-Aug-44) |
St. Dizier, France |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #131 (24-Aug-44) |
Brux, Czechoslovakia |
Schimandle, F. J. |
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| #133 (26-Aug-44) |
Brest, France |
Fagg, P. E. |
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| #134 (27-Aug-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #135 (30-Aug-44) |
Bremen, Germany |
Brown, L. G. |
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| #136 (01-Sep-44) |
Mainz, Germany |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #137 (03-Sep-44) |
Brest, France |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #139 (08-Sep-44) |
Mainz, Germany |
Hysong, J. W. |
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| #140 (09-Sep-44) |
Besancon, France |
Hrabovsky, S. J. |
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| #141 (10-Sep-44) |
Giebelstadt, Germany |
Craig, D. W. |
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| #142 (11-Sep-44) |
Fulda, Germany |
Craig, D. W. |
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| #143 (12-Sep-44) |
Bohlen & Fulda, Germany |
Dingivan, E. A. |
Target of Opportunity |
| #144 (13-Sep-44) |
Stuttgart, Germany |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #145 (17-Sep-44) |
Arnheim, Holland |
Gormly, R. P. |
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| #146 (19-Sep-44) |
Koblenz, Germany |
Skalitsky, S. B. |
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| #150 (27-Sep-44) |
Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Hrabovsky, S. J. |
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| #151 (28-Sep-44) |
Merseburg, Germany |
Cohen, E. |
ABORT #2 Eng out |
| #152 (02-Oct-44) |
Kassel, Germany |
Johnson, D. G. |
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| #153 (03-Oct-44) |
Giebelstadt, Germany |
Delle Monache, L. J. |
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| #155 (06-Oct-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Milks, H. J. |
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| #159 (14-Oct-44) |
Cologne, Germany |
Dingivan, E. A. |
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| #161 (17-Oct-44) |
Cologne, Germany |
Dingivan, E. A. |
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| #162 (18-Oct-44) |
Kassel, Germany |
Hicks, K. |
returned Oct 19 |
| #164 (22-Oct-44) |
Munster, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #165 (25-Oct-44) |
Harburg, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #166 (26-Oct-44) |
Hanover, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #167 (30-Oct-44) |
Merseburg, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #169 (02-Nov-44) |
Merseburg, Germany |
Cooke, J. F. |
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| #170 (04-Nov-44) |
Hamburg, Germany |
Hicks, K. |
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| #171 (05-Nov-44) |
Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #172 (06-Nov-44) |
Neumunster, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #173 (09-Nov-44) |
Saarbrucken, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #175 (16-Nov-44) |
Duren, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
Landed at Welford Park |
| #176 (21-Nov-44) |
Koblenz, Germany |
Cooke, J. F. |
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| #177 (25-Nov-44) |
Merseburg, Germany |
DeDiemar, T. G. |
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| #178 (26-Nov-44) |
Hamm, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #179 (27-Nov-44) |
Bingen, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #180 (30-Nov-44) |
Lutzkendorf, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #181 (04-Dec-44) |
Mainz, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
Cameraman |
| #183 (10-Dec-44) |
Koblenz, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #184 (11-Dec-44) |
Koblenz, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #185 (12-Dec-44) |
Darmstadt, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #186 (15-Dec-44) |
Hannover, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
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| #187 (18-Dec-44) |
Mainz, Germany |
Myers, P. G. |
ABORT #4 Oil leak |
| #188 (24-Dec-44) |
Babenhausen, Germany |
Hewit, E. R. |
ABORT #2 eng Oil leak; Camera |
| #192 (01-Jan-45) |
Dollberg, Germany |
Sills, J. G. |
BLEW UP — All KIA |
Crashed on take off with Lt. Jesse Sills 1/1/45, Written Off (damaged beyond repair). The aircraft was witnessed leaving the ground with flames on the right wing. It crashed and exploded killing all 9 airmen aboard.
Two ground crewmen examine a crater caused by the crashed 42-102567 Sarah Gray.
Sgt. Morton Leibowitz. Killed January 1, 1945 along with eight other men when aboard B-17 42-102567 (Sarah Gray) crashed on takeoff from Rattlesden air base, England
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