B-17G-50-BO 42-102441
711th SQ
Undated photo
Delivered Cheyenne 3/3/44; Gr Island 13/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 8/4/44
Missing in Action Merseburg 7/10/44 — crashed Merseburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9764. TNT KATIE.
Flight listings for 42-102441
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 |
| #50 (20-Apr-44) |
Cherbourg / Bois de la Justice, France |
Hoffmeister, G. E. |
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| #51 (22-Apr-44) |
Hamm, Germany |
Leigh, R. H. |
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| #52 (24-Apr-44) |
Friedrichshafen, Germany |
Leach, C. T. |
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| #55 (27-Apr-44) |
Le Culot, France |
Peper, A. D. |
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| #59 (07-May-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Leigh, R. H. |
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| #60 (08-May-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Leach, C. T. |
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| #61 (09-May-44) |
Laon / Athies, France |
Bye, G. |
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| #62 (11-May-44) |
Malines, Belgium |
Larson, W. B. |
Replaced Greenwell |
| #63 (12-May-44) |
Zwickau, Germany |
Leach, C. T. |
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| #65 (19-May-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Moriarty, T. F. |
ABORT, lost formation |
| #66 (20-May-44) |
Liege, Belgium |
Harwood, R. I. |
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| #68 (23-May-44) |
Troyes, France |
Hatfield, B. E. |
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| #71 (27-May-44) |
Karlsruhe, Germany |
Whitely, H. W. H. |
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| #72 (28-May-44) |
Konigsburg, Germany |
Pleticha, J. F. |
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| #73 (29-May-44) |
Leipzig, Germany |
Reynolds, W. A. |
replaced CT Leach |
| #74 (30-May-44) |
St. Pol-Siracourt, France |
Whitely, H. W. H. |
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| #75 (31-May-44) |
Hamm, Germany |
Whitely, H. W. H. |
ABORT |
| #81 (05-Jun-44) |
Le Touquet, France |
Leach, D. W. |
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| #82 (06-Jun-44) |
Caen, France |
Leach, C. T. |
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| #84 (06-Jun-44) |
Argentan, France |
Leach, C. T. |
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| #85 (07-Jun-44) |
Nantes, France |
Read, G. B. |
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| #86 (08-Jun-44) |
Nantes, France |
Leach, D. W. |
ABORT Lost formation |
| #87 (11-Jun-44) |
Le Touquet – Merlimont Plage, France |
Leach, C. T. |
ABORT #1 Eng rough |
| #90 (15-Jun-44) |
Misburg, Germany |
Phillips, L. |
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| #91 (18-Jun-44) |
Misburg, Germany |
Leach, D. W. |
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| #96 (23-Jun-44) |
St. Quentin, France |
Lefebvre, M. A. |
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| #97 (24-Jun-44) |
Wesermunde, Germany |
Phillips, L. |
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| #99 (25-Jun-44) |
Vercors, France Area #1 |
Lefebvre, M. A. |
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| #102 (06-Jul-44) |
Berck, France |
Warriner, R. L. |
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| #106 (11-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Brandt, G. C. |
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| #107 (12-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Roberts, G. R, |
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| #108 (13-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Helms, E. T. |
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| #109 (14-Jul-44) |
Area 10, France |
Lefebvre, M. A. |
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| #110 (16-Jul-44) |
Stuttgart, Germany |
Lefebvre, M. A. |
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| #111 (18-Jul-44) |
Cuxhaven, Germany |
Leach, D. W. |
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| #112 (19-Jul-44) |
Ebelsbach, Germany |
Lefebvre, M. A. |
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| #113 (20-Jul-44) |
Merseburg, Germany |
Lefebvre, M. A. |
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| #114 (21-Jul-44) |
Regensburg, Germany |
Lefebvre, M. A. |
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| #115 (24-Jul-44) |
St. Lo, France |
Lefebvre, M. A. |
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| #116 (25-Jul-44) |
St. Lo, France |
Roberts, G. R, |
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| #118 (01-Aug-44) |
Areas 10 & 14, France |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #120 (04-Aug-44) |
Arras – Ostend, Belgium |
Rohde, E. M |
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| #123 (08-Aug-44) |
Bretteville sur Laise, France |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #125 (11-Aug-44) |
Belfort, France |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #126 (13-Aug-44) |
Seine river area, France |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #127 (14-Aug-44) |
Mannheim, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #128 (15-Aug-44) |
Handorf, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #129 (16-Aug-44) |
Rositz, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #130 (18-Aug-44) |
St. Dizier, France |
Brandt, G. C. |
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| #131 (24-Aug-44) |
Brux, Czechoslovakia |
Helms, E. T. |
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| #134 (27-Aug-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #135 (30-Aug-44) |
Bremen, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #136 (01-Sep-44) |
Mainz, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #137 (03-Sep-44) |
Brest, France |
Pattee, D. G. |
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| #141 (10-Sep-44) |
Giebelstadt, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #143 (12-Sep-44) |
Bohlen & Fulda, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #144 (13-Sep-44) |
Stuttgart, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #145 (17-Sep-44) |
Arnheim, Holland |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #147 (22-Sep-44) |
Kassel, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #148 (25-Sep-44) |
Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #149 (26-Sep-44) |
Bremen, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #150 (27-Sep-44) |
Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #151 (28-Sep-44) |
Merseburg, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #155 (06-Oct-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Malhiot, E. T |
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| #156 (07-Oct-44) |
Merseburg, Germany |
Harwood, R. I. |
MISSING after target |
Members of the Bob Harwood crew that were on board 42-102441 for mission 156.
| Bob Harwood |
POW |
| Jim Kelley |
POW |
| Karl Wendell |
POW |
| Russell Tolle |
POW |
| Sam Manipella |
POW |
| Dick Roberts |
POW |
| Ron Fleming |
POW |
| Art Skarsten |
KIA |
| George Bulgarelli |
KIA |
Also see 44-6016 TNT Katie (II)
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