B-17G-35-DL 42-107020
708th SQ — J
Delivered Cheyenne 27/1/44; Kearney 14/2/44; Grenier 7/3/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 11/3/44; transferred 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 12/3/44
Flight listings for 42-107020
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 | Pilot | Notes |
| #44 (09-Apr-44) | Warnemunde, Germany | Hitchcock, W. H. | Landed at Rackheath |
| #45 (10-Apr-44) | Diest Schaffen, Germany | Hitchcock, W. H. | |
| #46 (11-Apr-44) | Arnimswalde, Poland | Hitchcock, W. H. | |
| #47 (13-Apr-44) | Augsburg, Germany | Hitchcock, W. H. | |
| #48 (18-Apr-44) | Oranienburg / Rathnow, Germany | Hitchcock, W. H. | |
| #49 (19-Apr-44) | Lippstadt / Werl, Germany | Hitchcock, W. H. | |
| #50 (20-Apr-44) | Cherbourg / Bois de la Justice, France | Hitchcock, W. H. | |
| #51 (22-Apr-44) | Hamm, Germany | Hitchcock, W. H. | |
| #52 (24-Apr-44) | Friedrichshafen, Germany | Hitchcock, W. H. | |
| #53 (26-Apr-44) | Brunswick, Germany | Wright, T. G. | |
| #55 (27-Apr-44) | Le Culot, France | Hitchcock, W. H. | |
| #56 (29-Apr-44) | Berlin, Germany | Hitchcock, W. H. | |
| #59 (07-May-44) | Berlin, Germany | Socolofsky, A. R. | flew with 711th crew |
| #60 (08-May-44) | Berlin, Germany | Socolofsky, A. R. | |
| #61 (09-May-44) | Laon / Athies, France | Stenvig, J. A. | |
| #63 (12-May-44) | Zwickau, Germany | Wright, E. D. | MISSING |
Missing in Action with the Edwin Wright crew aboard 42-107020. Brux 12/5/44; enemy aircraft badly damaged ship, two engines KOd, crashed Reinachmuhle near Ailingen, three miles N of Friedrichshafen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4773.
| Edwin Wright | Pilot | KIA |
| Capt George Hughes | Co-Pilot | KIA |
| Wray Hylton | Navigator | KIA |
| Nick Dekoning | Bombardier | KIA |
| Roy Williams | Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | KIA |
| Rudi Palumbo | Radio Operator | KIA |
| Bernie McDonald | Waist Gunner | KIA |
| Clarry Brown | Waist Gunner | KIA |
| Bill McQuoid | Tail Gunner | KIA |
| Bob Johnston | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
Lt. Edwin D. Wright
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