The James E. Young crew: 708th Squadron
Flights with James E. Young listed as Pilot
These lists are NOT limited to officially credited Combat missions, and may include Aborts, returns and non-takeoff occurrences as well.
| 447th Mission (Date) | Target | Plane Number | Notes |
| #94 (21-Jun-44) | Berlin, Germany | 43-37756 | |
| #95 (22-Jun-44) | Nucourt, France | 42-3487 | T/O in 756 and ret’d early, T/O again in 487) Feathered Eng |
| #96 (23-Jun-44) | St. Quentin, France | 43-37756 | |
| #103 (06-Jul-44) | Pas de Calais / Sourtrecourt, France | 43-37830 | Long delay |
| #104 (07-Jul-44) | Meresburg, Germany | 43-37756 | |
| #106 (11-Jul-44) | Munich, Germany | 43-37531 | Landed at Martlesham |
| #107 (12-Jul-44) | Munich, Germany | 43-37756 | ABORT Sick aboard |
| #108 (13-Jul-44) | Munich, Germany | 43-37756 | |
| #109 (14-Jul-44) | Area 10, France | 43-37756 | |
| #110 (16-Jul-44) | Stuttgart, Germany | 43-37756 | |
| #111 (18-Jul-44) | Cuxhaven, Germany | 43-37756 | |
| #113 (20-Jul-44) | Merseburg, Germany | 43-37756 | |
| #114 (21-Jul-44) | Regensburg, Germany | 43-37756 | |
| #116 (25-Jul-44) | St. Lo, France | 42-97400 | |
| #117 (27-Jul-44) | Ostend, Belgium | 43-37756 | |
| #119 (02-Aug-44) | St. Dennis, France | 43-37756 | |
| #123 (08-Aug-44) | Bretteville sur Laise, France | 43-37756 | |
| #124 (09-Aug-44) | Aachen, Germany | 43-37756 | |
| #125 (11-Aug-44) | Belfort, France | 43-37756 | |
| #126 (13-Aug-44) | Seine river area, France | 43-37756 | |
| #128 (15-Aug-44) | Handorf, Germany | 42-32081 | |
| #130 (18-Aug-44) | St. Dizier, France | 43-37756 |
August Altese: Originally with 301st BG in the 15th AF stationed in Italy. After being transferred to 8th AF, he flew as Navigator in brand new B-17 43-37756 ‘Milk Wagon’ with 447th BG/708th BS.
We named it “Milk Wagon”- milk butters indicated missions instead of bombs- because of chatter with new associates who believed war out of England was much more hazardous than missions flown in Italy. Since most airmen were fascinated with big breasted paintings on nose of their planes we out-didded them all (should have written out-titted!) no other nose art was larger titted than the Milk Wagons nose art.
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