B-17G-5-BO 42-31169
710th SQ — N
Note: “SHANKS” below top turret.
Note: text below waist window reads “MADELINE”
Delivered Cheyenne 28/9/43; Harvard 13/10/43; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 18/11/43
Flight listings for 42-31169
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 |
| #1 (24-Dec-43) | Droinville, France | Guynn, A. H. | |
| #2 (30-Dec-43) | Ludwigshafen, Germany | Marcy, C. H. | |
| #4 (04-Jan-44) | Kiel, Germany | Kaffun, E. | |
| #7 (11-Jan-44) | Brunswick, Germany | Marcy, C. H. | |
| #10 (24-Jan-44) | Frankfurt, Germany | Marcy, C. H. | |
| #11 (29-Jan-44) | Frankfurt, Germany | Donahue, W. D. | |
| #12 (30-Jan-44) | Brunswick, Germany | Marcy, C. H. | |
| #15 (05-Feb-44) | Romilly-sur-Seine, France | Marcy, C. H. | ABORT Oxy fail |
| #16 (06-Feb-44) | Evreux-Fauville, France | Marcy, C. H. | |
| #18 (10-Feb-44) | Brunswick, Germany | Marcy, C. H. | |
| #19 (13-Feb-44) | Pas de Calais, Marquenville, France | Skinner, E. H. | |
| #20 (20-Feb-44) | Rostock, Germany | Marcy, C. H. | |
| #25 (29-Feb-44) | Brunswick, Germany | Marcy, C. H. | ABORT Oxy out |
| #26 (03-Mar-44) | Berlin, Germany | Marcy, C. H. | |
| #27 (04-Mar-44) | Berlin, Germany | Marcy, C. H. | ABORT Landing gear |
| #28 (06-Mar-44) | Berlin, Germany | Marcy, C. H. | |
| #29 (08-Mar-44) | Berlin, Germany | Marcy, C. H. | |
| #30 (09-Mar-44) | Berlin, Germany | Marcy, C. H. | CRASH landing at Honongton. Not dispatched |
Crashed returning from Berlin mission 9/3/44; engines malfunction, force landed on grass at Honongton depot, causing severe damage; HEY MABEL.
| Chas Marcy | Pilot | RTD |
| Archie Town | Co-Pilot | RTD |
| George Compton | Navigator | RTD |
| Jim Conway | Bombardier | RTD |
| Bob Shrimsher | Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | RTD |
| Abe Farah | Radio Operator | RTD |
| Jim Isherwood | Ball Turret Gunner | RTD |
| Ed Perkins | Waist Gunner | RTD |
| Bill Nicholas | Waist Gunner | RTD |
| Tony Paramski | Tail Gunner | RTD |
(WOLVERINE II was 42-37797)
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