B-17G-5-BO 42-31217
710th SQ — G
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 15/10/43; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43
Flight listings for 42-31217
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 |
Chardi, M. L. |
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| #4 (04-Jan-44) |
Kiel, Germany |
Chardi, M. L. |
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| #5 (05-Jan-44) |
Merignac, France |
Chardi, M. L. |
Ret’d (from Spares) |
| #6 (07-Jan-44) |
Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Beaty, E. E. |
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| #7 (11-Jan-44) |
Brunswick, Germany |
Chardi, M. L. |
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| #11 (29-Jan-44) |
Frankfurt, Germany |
Chardi, M. L. |
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| #12 (30-Jan-44) |
Brunswick, Germany |
Chardi, M. L. |
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| #14 (04-Feb-44) |
Frankfurt, Germany |
Chardi, M. L. |
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| #20 (20-Feb-44) |
Rostock, Germany |
Rowland, D. |
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| #21 (21-Feb-44) |
Diepholz, Germany |
Tigh, W. P. |
LL says #886 |
| #22 (24-Feb-44) |
Rostock, Germany |
Chardi, M. L. |
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| #25 (29-Feb-44) |
Brunswick, Germany |
Smith, B. B. |
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| #27 (04-Mar-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Morrison, H. A. |
Landed at East Church |
| #42 (01-Apr-44) |
Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Pauling, H. S. |
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| #44 (09-Apr-44) |
Warnemunde, Germany |
Kreuzer, H. L. |
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| #45 (10-Apr-44) |
Diest Schaffen, Germany |
Thornbury, J. R. |
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| #46 (11-Apr-44) |
Arnimswalde, Poland |
Thornbury, J. R. |
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| #47 (13-Apr-44) |
Augsburg, Germany |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #48 (18-Apr-44) |
Oranienburg / Rathnow, Germany |
Wright, E. D. |
ABORTFeathered eng |
| #49 (19-Apr-44) |
Lippstadt / Werl, Germany |
Flemming, D. S. |
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| #50 (20-Apr-44) |
Cherbourg / Bois de la Justice, France |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #51 (22-Apr-44) |
Hamm, Germany |
Champlin, H. D. |
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| #56 (29-Apr-44) |
Berlin, Germany |
Paris, H. M. |
MISSING |
Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Harry Paris, Co-pilot: Bob Allen, Navigator: Mike Gannon, Bombardier: Ed Jekel{wia, broke left knee} Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Clarke, Radio Operator: Lew Pohill, Ball turret gunner: Harry Woodman, Waist gunner: Oscar Siegel, Waist gunner: Fred Kirnan,Tail gunner: Jim Hanley{wia, bullet wounds} (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Eggenstedt, 16 miles W of Magdeberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4249.
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