B-17G-5-BO 42-31206
709th SQ — M 711th SQ — B
Photo date unknown
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. |
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| #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. |
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| #6 (07-Jan-44) |
Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Huckins, W. C. |
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| #7 (11-Jan-44) |
Brunswick, Germany |
Hodges, J. M. |
Ret’d |
| #8 (14-Jan-44) |
Grand Parc, France |
Hodges, J. M. |
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| #10 (24-Jan-44) |
Frankfurt, Germany |
Keller, O. F. |
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| #11 (29-Jan-44) |
Frankfurt, Germany |
Keller, O. F. |
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| #12 (30-Jan-44) |
Brunswick, Germany |
Keller, O. F. |
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| #16 (06-Feb-44) |
Evreux-Fauville, France |
Keller, O. F. |
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| #18 (10-Feb-44) |
Brunswick, Germany |
Hodges, J. M. |
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| #20 (20-Feb-44) |
Rostock, Germany |
Keller, O. F. |
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| #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. |
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| #25 (29-Feb-44) |
Brunswick, Germany |
Tigh, W. P. |
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| #26 (03-Mar-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Hoffmeister, G. E. |
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| #27 (04-Mar-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Hoffmeister, G. E. |
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| #28 (06-Mar-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Keller, O. F. |
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| #29 (08-Mar-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Hoffmeister, G. E. |
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| #30 (09-Mar-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Overdorf, H. W. |
Failed to T/O |
| #31 (11-Mar-44) |
Munster, Germany |
Stenvig, J. A. |
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| #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. |
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| #35 (18-Mar-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Reynolds, W. A. |
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| #36 (20-Mar-44) |
Frankfurt, Germany |
Hoffmeister, G. E. |
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| #38 (23-Mar-44) |
Brunswick, Germany |
Hoffmeister, G. E. |
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| #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. |
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| #44 (09-Apr-44) |
Warnemunde, Germany |
Hoffmeister, G. E. |
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| #46 (11-Apr-44) |
Arnimswalde, Poland |
Hoffmeister, G. E. |
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| #47 (13-Apr-44) |
Augsburg, Germany |
Gruber, M. J. |
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| #52 (24-Apr-44) |
Friedrichshafen, Germany |
Hoffmeister, G. E. |
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| #55 (27-Apr-44) |
Le Culot, France |
McGuire, H. A. |
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| #58 (01-May-44) |
Marquenville, France |
Reynolds, W. A. |
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| #82 (06-Jun-44) |
Caen, France |
Phillips, L. |
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| #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. |
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| #106 (11-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Pattee, D. G. |
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| #107 (12-Jul-44) |
Munich, Germany |
Pattee, D. G. |
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| #115 (24-Jul-44) |
St. Lo, France |
Pattee, D. G. |
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| #116 (25-Jul-44) |
St. Lo, France |
Pattee, D. G. |
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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 |
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| S/Sgt Fernan DuHadway |
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| S/Sgt William F. Powell |
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| S/Sgt William D. Ernest |
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| S/Sgt Richard Pitt Jr. |
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| S/Sgt Gilbert S. Foster |
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See also: Combat diary of Richard Pitt, Jr.
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