42-102441 TNT KATIE

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.  
#51 (22-Apr-44) Hamm, Germany Leigh, R. H.  
#52 (24-Apr-44) Friedrichshafen, Germany Leach, C. T.  
#55 (27-Apr-44) Le Culot, France Peper, A. D.  
#59 (07-May-44) Berlin, Germany Leigh, R. H.  
#60 (08-May-44) Berlin, Germany Leach, C. T.  
#61 (09-May-44) Laon / Athies, France Bye, G.  
#62 (11-May-44) Malines, Belgium Larson, W. B. Replaced Greenwell
#63 (12-May-44) Zwickau, Germany Leach, C. T.  
#65 (19-May-44) Berlin, Germany Moriarty, T. F. ABORT, lost formation
#66 (20-May-44) Liege, Belgium Harwood, R. I.  
#68 (23-May-44) Troyes, France Hatfield, B. E.  
#71 (27-May-44) Karlsruhe, Germany Whitely, H. W. H.  
#72 (28-May-44) Konigsburg, Germany Pleticha, J. F.  
#73 (29-May-44) Leipzig, Germany Reynolds, W. A. replaced CT Leach
#74 (30-May-44) St. Pol-Siracourt, France Whitely, H. W. H.  
#75 (31-May-44) Hamm, Germany Whitely, H. W. H. ABORT
#81 (05-Jun-44) Le Touquet, France Leach, D. W.  
#82 (06-Jun-44) Caen, France Leach, C. T.  
#84 (06-Jun-44) Argentan, France Leach, C. T.  
#85 (07-Jun-44) Nantes, France Read, G. B.  
#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.  
#91 (18-Jun-44) Misburg, Germany Leach, D. W.  
#96 (23-Jun-44) St. Quentin, France Lefebvre, M. A.  
#97 (24-Jun-44) Wesermunde, Germany Phillips, L.  
#99 (25-Jun-44) Vercors, France Area #1 Lefebvre, M. A.  
#102 (06-Jul-44) Berck, France Warriner, R. L.  
#106 (11-Jul-44) Munich, Germany Brandt, G. C.  
#107 (12-Jul-44) Munich, Germany Roberts, G. R,  
#108 (13-Jul-44) Munich, Germany Helms, E. T.  
#109 (14-Jul-44) Area 10, France Lefebvre, M. A.  
#110 (16-Jul-44) Stuttgart, Germany Lefebvre, M. A.  
#111 (18-Jul-44) Cuxhaven, Germany Leach, D. W.  
#112 (19-Jul-44) Ebelsbach, Germany Lefebvre, M. A.  
#113 (20-Jul-44) Merseburg, Germany Lefebvre, M. A.  
#114 (21-Jul-44) Regensburg, Germany Lefebvre, M. A.  
#115 (24-Jul-44) St. Lo, France Lefebvre, M. A.  
#116 (25-Jul-44) St. Lo, France Roberts, G. R,  
#118 (01-Aug-44) Areas 10 & 14, France Malhiot, E. T  
#120 (04-Aug-44) Arras – Ostend, Belgium Rohde, E. M  
#123 (08-Aug-44) Bretteville sur Laise, France Malhiot, E. T  
#125 (11-Aug-44) Belfort, France Malhiot, E. T  
#126 (13-Aug-44) Seine river area, France Malhiot, E. T  
#127 (14-Aug-44) Mannheim, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#128 (15-Aug-44) Handorf, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#129 (16-Aug-44) Rositz, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#130 (18-Aug-44) St. Dizier, France Brandt, G. C.  
#131 (24-Aug-44) Brux, Czechoslovakia Helms, E. T.  
#134 (27-Aug-44) Berlin, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#135 (30-Aug-44) Bremen, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#136 (01-Sep-44) Mainz, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#137 (03-Sep-44) Brest, France Pattee, D. G.  
#141 (10-Sep-44) Giebelstadt, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#143 (12-Sep-44) Bohlen & Fulda, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#144 (13-Sep-44) Stuttgart, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#145 (17-Sep-44) Arnheim, Holland Malhiot, E. T  
#147 (22-Sep-44) Kassel, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#148 (25-Sep-44) Ludwigshafen, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#149 (26-Sep-44) Bremen, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#150 (27-Sep-44) Ludwigshafen, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#151 (28-Sep-44) Merseburg, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#155 (06-Oct-44) Berlin, Germany Malhiot, E. T  
#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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