42-107052 PAPER DOLL II

B-17G-35-DL 42-107052

710th SQ

 

Photo between April-May 1944.

 

Delivered Tulsa 7/2/44; Grenier 3/3/44; Assigned 710BS / 447BG Rattlesden 22/3/44

 

Flight listings for 42-107052

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
#39 (26-Mar-44) Cherbourg, France area Davis, C. C.  
#40 (27-Mar-44) Merignac, Chartes, France Davis, C. C.  
#41 (28-Mar-44) Chartres, France Davis, C. C.  
#42 (01-Apr-44) Ludwigshafen, Germany Abernathy, J. L.  
#43 (08-Apr-44) Rheine, Germany Davis, C. C.  
#44 (09-Apr-44) Warnemunde, Germany Davis, C. C.  
#45 (10-Apr-44) Diest Schaffen, Germany Davis, C. C.  
#46 (11-Apr-44) Arnimswalde, Poland Davis, C. C.  
#47 (13-Apr-44) Augsburg, Germany Davis, C. C.  
#49 (19-Apr-44) Lippstadt / Werl, Germany Champlin, H. D.  
#50 (20-Apr-44) Cherbourg / Bois de la Justice, France Herdic, C. W.  
#51 (22-Apr-44) Hamm, Germany Morrison, H. A.  
#52 (24-Apr-44) Friedrichshafen, Germany Davis, C. C.  
#53 (26-Apr-44) Brunswick, Germany Davis, C. C.  
#55 (27-Apr-44) Le Culot, France Owens, W. E.  
#56 (29-Apr-44) Berlin, Germany Davis, C. C.  
#58 (01-May-44) Marquenville, France Davis, C. C.  
#59 (07-May-44) Berlin, Germany Davis, C. C.  
#60 (08-May-44) Berlin, Germany Davis, C. C.  
#61 (09-May-44) Laon / Athies, France Davis, C. C.  
#62 (11-May-44) Malines, Belgium Moran, B.  
#63 (12-May-44) Zwickau, Germany Moran, B.  
#64 (13-May-44) Osnabruck, Germany Moran, B.  
#67 (22-May-44) Kiel, Germany Moran, B. AB Spare
#69 (24-May-44) Berlin, Germany Moran, B. AB Spare
#70 (25-May-44) Brussels, Belgium Moran, B.  
#71 (27-May-44) Karlsruhe, Germany Moran, B.  
#72 (28-May-44) Konigsburg, Germany Moran, B.  
#73 (29-May-44) Leipzig, Germany Moran, B. MISSING

 Lost over Leipzig on May 29, 1944.

 

Missing in Action Leipzig 29/5/44 with Bert Moran, Co-pilot: John Higgs, Navigator: Rudi Jacob, Bombardier: Ray Maguire, Radio Operator: Bill Mitchell (5 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nick Tagliaferri, Ball turret gunner: Chas Bebb, Waist gunner: Gene Wachter, Waist gunner: Connolly O’Brien,Tail gunner: Leroy Beckman (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Seegeritz, six miles NE of Leipzig, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5303. PAPER DOLL II.

 

 

 

 

 

See also: 42-31112 PAPER DOLL

 

 


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