42-39874 WICHITA WITCH / QUEEN PATSY

B-17G-5-VE 42-39874

709th SQ — H

 

Photo approx. April-June 1944

 

Flight listings for 42-39874

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
#7 (11-Jan-44) Brunswick, Germany Skinner, E. H.  
#8 (14-Jan-44) Grand Parc, France Marcy, C. H.  
#10 (24-Jan-44) Frankfurt, Germany Skinner, E. H. Not attack
#11 (29-Jan-44) Frankfurt, Germany Skinner, E. H.  
#13 (03-Feb-44) Wilhelmshaven, Germany Kreuzer, H. L.  
#15 (05-Feb-44) Romilly-sur-Seine, France Kreuzer, H. L. swapped planes with Skinner
#16 (06-Feb-44) Evreux-Fauville, France Ralston, D. E. replaced #980
#17 (08-Feb-44) Weisbaden, Germany Skinner, E. H.  
#21 (21-Feb-44) Diepholz, Germany Perkins, C. A.  
#22 (24-Feb-44) Rostock, Germany Hopla, C. S.  
#23 (25-Feb-44) Regensburg, Germany Skinner, E. H.  
#26 (03-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Nance, E. T.  
#28 (06-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Tigh, W. P.  
#29 (08-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Keller, O. F.  
#30 (09-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Skinner, E. H. Landed at Leistor, back at Rattlesden at 1758
#31 (11-Mar-44) Munster, Germany Skinner, E. H.  
#32 (13-Mar-44) Bois de la Justice, France Greenwell, W. R.  
#34 (16-Mar-44) Augsburg, Germany Skinner, E. H.  
#35 (18-Mar-44) Munich, Germany Goetz, W. B.  
#38 (23-Mar-44) Brunswick, Germany Goetz, W. B. ABORT #1 Eng out
#41 (28-Mar-44) Chartres, France Stenvig, J. A.  
#46 (11-Apr-44) Arnimswalde, Poland Skinner, E. H.  
#53 (26-Apr-44) Brunswick, Germany Skinner, E. H.  
#54 (27-Apr-44) French coast Flemming, D. S.  
#57 (30-Apr-44) Clermont Ferrand, France Walsh, W. J.  
#59 (07-May-44) Berlin, Germany Kaye, H. C.  
#61 (09-May-44) Laon / Athies, France Anderson, G. K.  
#62 (11-May-44) Malines, Belgium Greenwell, W. R. ABORT, replaced by Larson
#65 (19-May-44) Berlin, Germany Kaye, H. C.  
#67 (22-May-44) Kiel, Germany Olds, R. W.  
#69 (24-May-44) Berlin, Germany Skinner, E. H.  
#72 (28-May-44) Konigsburg, Germany Skinner, E. H.  
#82 (06-Jun-44) Caen, France Olds, R. W.  
#84 (06-Jun-44) Argentan, France Olds, R. W.  
#85 (07-Jun-44) Nantes, France Olds, R. W.  
#88 (12-Jun-44) Conches, France Olds, R. W.  
#89 (14-Jun-44) Florennes, Belgium Olds, R. W.  
#90 (15-Jun-44) Misburg, Germany Kaye, H. C. ABORT Sortie
#91 (18-Jun-44) Misburg, Germany Gage, R. W.  
#95 (22-Jun-44) Nucourt, France Fagg, P. E. MISSING, Landed on Beachhead

 

Hit on June 22 mission to Nucourt; Lt. Paul Fagg and crew survived a forced landing on the Normandy beachhead, but the aircraft was written off.

 

 

 

 


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