B-17G-50-BO 42-102471
710th SQ
Photo between May and September 1944, probably late summer.
Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Kearney 6/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG [IJ-B] Rattlesden 22/4/44
Flight listings for 42-102471
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 |
| #59 (07-May-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #60 (08-May-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #61 (09-May-44) |
Laon / Athies, France |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #62 (11-May-44) |
Malines, Belgium |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #63 (12-May-44) |
Zwickau, Germany |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #64 (13-May-44) |
Osnabruck, Germany |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #66 (20-May-44) |
Liege, Belgium |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #67 (22-May-44) |
Kiel, Germany |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #68 (23-May-44) |
Troyes, France |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #69 (24-May-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #70 (25-May-44) |
Brussels, Belgium |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #71 (27-May-44) |
Karlsruhe, Germany |
Champlin, H. D. |
Spare, returned |
| #73 (29-May-44) |
Leipzig, Germany |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #74 (30-May-44) |
St. Pol-Siracourt, France |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #75 (31-May-44) |
Hamm, Germany |
Halvorson, H. |
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| #77 (02-Jun-44) |
Conches, France |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #78 (03-Jun-44) |
Pas de Calais / Audresselles, France |
Milton, T, A. |
Spare, bombed |
| #79 (04-Jun-44) |
Pas de Calais / Marquise, France |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #83 (06-Jun-44) |
Caen, France |
Town, A. E. |
710th |
| #86 (08-Jun-44) |
Nantes, France |
Rector, W. H. |
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| #87 (11-Jun-44) |
Le Touquet – Merlimont Plage, France |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #88 (12-Jun-44) |
Conches, France |
Kamajian, A. M. |
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| #89 (14-Jun-44) |
Florennes, Belgium |
McKinley, R. A. |
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| #92 (19-Jun-44) |
St.Jean D’Angely, France |
Fargason, B. |
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| #93 (20-Jun-44) |
Fallerslaben & Koningsborn, Germany |
Fargason, B. |
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| #95 (22-Jun-44) |
Nucourt, France |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #99 (25-Jun-44) |
Vercors, France Area #1 |
Kamajian, A. M. |
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| #101 (29-Jun-44) |
Bohlen, Germany |
Fargason, B. |
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| #102 (06-Jul-44) |
Berck, France |
Brown, T. K. |
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| #104 (07-Jul-44) |
Meresburg, Germany |
Robinson, J. F. |
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| #105 (08-Jul-44) |
St.Andre De L’eure / Nogent, France |
Kamajian, A. M. |
spare |
| #106 (11-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Robinson, J. F. |
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| #107 (12-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Wunderling, G. |
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| #108 (13-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Prischmann, E. H. |
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| #109 (14-Jul-44) |
Area 10, France |
Kamajian, A. M. |
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| #110 (16-Jul-44) |
Stuttgart, Germany |
Robinson, J. F. |
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| #112 (19-Jul-44) |
Ebelsbach, Germany |
McDermott, D. L. |
AB Spare |
| #113 (20-Jul-44) |
Merseburg, Germany |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #114 (21-Jul-44) |
Regensburg, Germany |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #115 (24-Jul-44) |
St. Lo, France |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #116 (25-Jul-44) |
St. Lo, France |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #118 (01-Aug-44) |
Areas 10 & 14, France |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #119 (02-Aug-44) |
St. Dennis, France |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #122 (07-Aug-44) |
Anizy le Chateau, France |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #123 (08-Aug-44) |
Bretteville sur Laise, France |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #125 (11-Aug-44) |
Belfort, France |
McKinley, R. A. |
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| #126 (13-Aug-44) |
Seine river area, France |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #128 (15-Aug-44) |
Handorf, Germany |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #129 (16-Aug-44) |
Rositz, Germany |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #130 (18-Aug-44) |
St. Dizier, France |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #131 (24-Aug-44) |
Brux, Czechoslovakia |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #132 (25-Aug-44) |
Rechlin, Germany |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #133 (26-Aug-44) |
Brest, France |
Moore, L. W. |
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| #134 (27-Aug-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Morrison, J. U. |
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| #139 (08-Sep-44) |
Mainz, Germany |
Morrison, J. U. |
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| #140 (09-Sep-44) |
Besancon, France |
Radle, T. H. |
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| #141 (10-Sep-44) |
Giebelstadt, Germany |
Hyder, L. R. |
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| #142 (11-Sep-44) |
Fulda, Germany |
Hyder, L. R. |
MISSING Before target |
Missing in Action Chemnitz 11/9/44 with Leroy Hyder (KIA-chute failed, crashed through factory roof); Co-pilot: Harry Wood, Navigator: Jim Voorhies, Bombardier: Dick Thomas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Sulaica, Radio Operator: John McCleod, Ball turret gunner: Lynn Lee, Waist gunner: Ralph Persun,Tail gunner: Don Karg (8 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Lucka, near Leipzig, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8924.
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