42-31206 JOURNEY’S END

B-17G-5-BO 42-31206

709th SQ — M   711th SQ — B

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Delivered Cheyenne 1/10/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 18/11/43; Returned to the USA Bradley 4/7/45; Sth Plains 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

 

Flight listings for 42-31206

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 Sizer, J. C.  
#3 (31-Dec-43) Cognac, France Keller, O. F. Failed to take off #2 Oil pressure Low
#4 (04-Jan-44) Kiel, Germany Keller, O. F.  
#6 (07-Jan-44) Ludwigshafen, Germany Huckins, W. C.  
#7 (11-Jan-44) Brunswick, Germany Hodges, J. M. Ret’d
#8 (14-Jan-44) Grand Parc, France Hodges, J. M.  
#10 (24-Jan-44) Frankfurt, Germany Keller, O. F.  
#11 (29-Jan-44) Frankfurt, Germany Keller, O. F.  
#12 (30-Jan-44) Brunswick, Germany Keller, O. F.  
#16 (06-Feb-44) Evreux-Fauville, France Keller, O. F.  
#18 (10-Feb-44) Brunswick, Germany Hodges, J. M.  
#20 (20-Feb-44) Rostock, Germany Keller, O. F.  
#21 (21-Feb-44) Diepholz, Germany Keller, O. F. Not attack, #3 engine out
#24 (28-Feb-44) Bois de la Justice, France Huckins, W. C.  
#25 (29-Feb-44) Brunswick, Germany Tigh, W. P.  
#26 (03-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Hoffmeister, G. E.  
#27 (04-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Hoffmeister, G. E.  
#28 (06-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Keller, O. F.  
#29 (08-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Hoffmeister, G. E.  
#30 (09-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Overdorf, H. W. Failed to T/O
#31 (11-Mar-44) Munster, Germany Stenvig, J. A.  
#32 (13-Mar-44) Bois de la Justice, France Hoffmeister, G. E. slid up into Strenvig’s #7 spot
#33 (15-Mar-44) Brunswick, Germany Huckins, W. C.  
#35 (18-Mar-44) Munich, Germany Reynolds, W. A.  
#36 (20-Mar-44) Frankfurt, Germany Hoffmeister, G. E.  
#38 (23-Mar-44) Brunswick, Germany Hoffmeister, G. E.  
#40 (27-Mar-44) Merignac, Chartes, France Anderson, J. M. Landed at Chevaldington (sp?), one engine out
#42 (01-Apr-44) Ludwigshafen, Germany Hoffmeister, G. E. ABORT #2 Eng out
#43 (08-Apr-44) Rheine, Germany Hoffmeister, G. E.  
#44 (09-Apr-44) Warnemunde, Germany Hoffmeister, G. E.  
#46 (11-Apr-44) Arnimswalde, Poland Hoffmeister, G. E.  
#47 (13-Apr-44) Augsburg, Germany Gruber, M. J.  
#52 (24-Apr-44) Friedrichshafen, Germany Hoffmeister, G. E.  
#55 (27-Apr-44) Le Culot, France McGuire, H. A.  
#58 (01-May-44) Marquenville, France Reynolds, W. A.  
#82 (06-Jun-44) Caen, France Phillips, L.  
#85 (07-Jun-44) Nantes, France Peterson, C. E. Landed at Wormingford
#103 (06-Jul-44) Pas de Calais / Sourtrecourt, France Lefebvre, M. A. ABORT #3 #4 Eng
#105 (08-Jul-44) St.Andre De L’eure / Nogent, France Brandt, G. C.  
#106 (11-Jul-44) Munich, Germany Pattee, D. G.  
#107 (12-Jul-44) Munich, Germany Pattee, D. G.  
#115 (24-Jul-44) St. Lo, France Pattee, D. G.  
#116 (25-Jul-44) St. Lo, France Pattee, D. G.  

 

 

The Hoffmeister crew with 42-31206 Journey’s End Between February 25 and April 27, 1944

Front Row L-R:
Lt. George C. Hoffmiester  Pilot
Lt. Irving Danzig  Bombardier
Lt. Ellis B. Colvin  Navigator
Lt. Thomas F. Moriarty  Co-Pilot
Back Row L-R:
S/Sgt Cleveland Lamb  
S/Sgt Fernan DuHadway  
S/Sgt William F. Powell  
S/Sgt William D. Ernest  
S/Sgt Richard Pitt Jr.  
S/Sgt Gilbert S. Foster  

 

See also: Combat diary of Richard Pitt, Jr.

 


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