B-17G-35-DL 42-107117
710th SQ — O
Dick Nelms’s crew in front of 42-107117 Pandora’s Box
Flight listings for 42-107117
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 |
| #67 (22-May-44) |
Kiel, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #70 (25-May-44) |
Brussels, Belgium |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #71 (27-May-44) |
Karlsruhe, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #72 (28-May-44) |
Konigsburg, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
AB Spare (returned) |
| #73 (29-May-44) |
Leipzig, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #75 (31-May-44) |
Hamm, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
spare, ret’d |
| #76 (02-Jun-44) |
Wimereux, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #78 (03-Jun-44) |
Pas de Calais / Audresselles, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #81 (05-Jun-44) |
Le Touquet, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #83 (06-Jun-44) |
Caen, France |
Milton, T, A. |
710th |
| #86 (08-Jun-44) |
Nantes, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #87 (11-Jun-44) |
Le Touquet – Merlimont Plage, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #88 (12-Jun-44) |
Conches, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #89 (14-Jun-44) |
Florennes, Belgium |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #90 (15-Jun-44) |
Misburg, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #91 (18-Jun-44) |
Misburg, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
Ret’d – airborn spare |
| #92 (19-Jun-44) |
St.Jean D’Angely, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #93 (20-Jun-44) |
Fallerslaben & Koningsborn, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #94 (21-Jun-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Brown, T. K. |
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| #95 (22-Jun-44) |
Nucourt, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #100 (28-Jun-44) |
Denian/Prouvy, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #102 (06-Jul-44) |
Berck, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #104 (07-Jul-44) |
Meresburg, Germany |
Lefebvre, M. A. |
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| #106 (11-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #107 (12-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #108 (13-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #109 (14-Jul-44) |
Area 10, France |
Wunderling, G. |
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| #110 (16-Jul-44) |
Stuttgart, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #111 (18-Jul-44) |
Cuxhaven, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #115 (24-Jul-44) |
St. Lo, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #116 (25-Jul-44) |
St. Lo, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #117 (27-Jul-44) |
Ostend, Belgium |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #120 (04-Aug-44) |
Arras – Ostend, Belgium |
Rousseau, J. S. |
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| #125 (11-Aug-44) |
Belfort, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #127 (14-Aug-44) |
Mannheim, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #128 (15-Aug-44) |
Handorf, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #128 (15-Aug-44) |
Handorf, Germany |
Peterson, C. E. |
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| #129 (16-Aug-44) |
Rositz, Germany |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #130 (18-Aug-44) |
St. Dizier, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #131 (24-Aug-44) |
Brux, Czechoslovakia |
Wilder, W. M. |
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| #132 (25-Aug-44) |
Rechlin, Germany |
Rousseau, J. S. |
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| #133 (26-Aug-44) |
Brest, France |
Praser, J. E. |
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| #134 (27-Aug-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Nelms, R. A. |
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| #136 (01-Sep-44) |
Mainz, Germany |
Nelms, R. A. |
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| #137 (03-Sep-44) |
Brest, France |
Nelms, R. A. |
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| #139 (08-Sep-44) |
Mainz, Germany |
Nelms, R. A. |
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| #140 (09-Sep-44) |
Besancon, France |
Morrison, J. U. |
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| #141 (10-Sep-44) |
Giebelstadt, Germany |
Morrison, J. U. |
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| #142 (11-Sep-44) |
Fulda, Germany |
Morrison, J. U. |
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| #145 (17-Sep-44) |
Arnheim, Holland |
Morrison, J. U. |
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| #146 (19-Sep-44) |
Koblenz, Germany |
Morrison, J. U. |
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| #147 (22-Sep-44) |
Kassel, Germany |
Morrison, J. U. |
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| #148 (25-Sep-44) |
Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Morrison, J. U. |
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| #149 (26-Sep-44) |
Bremen, Germany |
Pearsall, E. M. |
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| #150 (27-Sep-44) |
Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Whiting, R. E. |
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| #151 (28-Sep-44) |
Merseburg, Germany |
Whiting, R. E. |
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| #152 (02-Oct-44) |
Kassel, Germany |
Whiting, R. E. |
Leaflets |
| #153 (03-Oct-44) |
Giebelstadt, Germany |
Whiting, R. E. |
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| #154 (05-Oct-44) |
Munster, Germany |
Whiting, R. E. |
ABORT took off in #117 but had a gas leak |
| #161 (17-Oct-44) |
Cologne, Germany |
Quintin, O. J. |
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| #162 (18-Oct-44) |
Kassel, Germany |
Pearsall, E. M. |
ABORT #1 Oil pressure |
| #163 (19-Oct-44) |
Mannheim, Germany |
Pearsall, E. M. |
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| #165 (25-Oct-44) |
Harburg, Germany |
Harmon, C. W. |
slated 595 |
| #166 (26-Oct-44) |
Hanover, Germany |
Harmon, C. W. |
slated #595 |
| #167 (30-Oct-44) |
Merseburg, Germany |
Murphy, R. E. |
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| #169 (02-Nov-44) |
Merseburg, Germany |
Murphy, R. E. |
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| #170 (04-Nov-44) |
Hamburg, Germany |
Murphy, R. E. |
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| #171 (05-Nov-44) |
Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Rohde, E. M |
slated #572 |
| #172 (06-Nov-44) |
Neumunster, Germany |
Murphy, R. E. |
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| #173 (09-Nov-44) |
Saarbrucken, Germany |
Briggs, A. D |
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| #175 (16-Nov-44) |
Duren, Germany |
Briggs, A. D |
Landed at Welford Park |
| #178 (26-Nov-44) |
Hamm, Germany |
Briggs, A. D |
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| #180 (30-Nov-44) |
Lutzkendorf, Germany |
Weeks, R. N. |
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| #181 (04-Dec-44) |
Mainz, Germany |
Rosenblum, J. M. |
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| #182 (06-Dec-44) |
Merseburg, Germany |
Weeks, R. N. |
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| #183 (10-Dec-44) |
Koblenz, Germany |
Quist, C. G. |
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| #184 (11-Dec-44) |
Koblenz, Germany |
Weeks, R. N. |
ABORT #2 Eng out |
| #186 (15-Dec-44) |
Hannover, Germany |
Shepard, C. R. |
ABORT #1 Eng out |
| #189 (28-Dec-44) |
Koblenz, Germany |
Weeks, R. N. |
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| #190 (30-Dec-44) |
Mannheim, Germany |
Shepard, C. R. |
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| #191 (31-Dec-44) |
Wenzendorf, Germany |
Sills, J. G. |
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| #192 (01-Jan-45) |
Dollberg, Germany |
Lovett, J. M. |
Landed at Woodbridge |
| #195 (05-Jan-45) |
Waxweiler, Germany |
Shepard, C. R. |
Landed at Rackheath |
| #199 (10-Jan-45) |
Karlsruhe, Germany |
Wolf, G. P. |
ABORT #4 Eng out |
| #201 (14-Jan-45) |
Magdeburg, Germany |
Cohen, E. |
ABORT Did not catch up with formation |
| #202 (15-Jan-45) |
Augsburg, Germany |
Shepard, C. R. |
Landed at A-94 crew OK; Leaflets |
| #211 (14-Feb-45) |
Wesel, Germany |
Johnson, S. K. |
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| #212 (15-Feb-45) |
Cottbus, Germany |
Johnson, S. K. |
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| #214 (19-Feb-45) |
Wesel, Germany |
Johnson, S. K. |
Chaff ship |
| #215 (20-Feb-45) |
Nurnberg, Germany |
Johnson, S. K. |
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Damaged in the explosion and fire at Rattlesden on February 21, 1945; written off and salvaged.
Photo dated Feb. 22, 1945. Note the deformed aluminum skin and melted waist window from the heat of the gasoline fire several hundred feet away.
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