43-38712 BUDDY BUDDY

B-17G-95-BO 43-38712

710th SQ — C

 

Photo between October 1944 and February 1945

 

Flight listings for 43-38712

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
#155 (06-Oct-44) Berlin, Germany Henningsen, E. L.  
#158 (12-Oct-44) Bremen, Germany McDermott, D. L.  
#159 (14-Oct-44) Cologne, Germany Moore, L. W.  
#160 (15-Oct-44) Cologne, Germany Harmon, C. W. #4 feathered
#162 (18-Oct-44) Kassel, Germany Johnson, R. E. ABORT Oxy; Target of Opp
#163 (19-Oct-44) Mannheim, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#164 (22-Oct-44) Munster, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#166 (26-Oct-44) Hanover, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#167 (30-Oct-44) Merseburg, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#169 (02-Nov-44) Merseburg, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#172 (06-Nov-44) Neumunster, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#175 (16-Nov-44) Duren, Germany Olson, G. E. Landed at Welford Park
#176 (21-Nov-44) Koblenz, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#177 (25-Nov-44) Merseburg, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#178 (26-Nov-44) Hamm, Germany Olson, G. E. ABORT #2 Eng out
#182 (06-Dec-44) Merseburg, Germany Olson, G. E. ABORT Oxy leak
#183 (10-Dec-44) Koblenz, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#184 (11-Dec-44) Koblenz, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#185 (12-Dec-44) Darmstadt, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#186 (15-Dec-44) Hannover, Germany Olson, G. E. ABORT #2 Booster out
#187 (18-Dec-44) Mainz, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#188 (24-Dec-44) Babenhausen, Germany Reck, W. A.  
#189 (28-Dec-44) Koblenz, Germany Reck, W. A. Leaflets
#190 (30-Dec-44) Mannheim, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#192 (01-Jan-45) Dollberg, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#193 (02-Jan-45) Nalbach, Germany Thompson, R. H.  
#194 (03-Jan-45) Koblenz, Germany Stanley, F. N.  
#196 (06-Jan-45) Worms, Germany Olson, G. E. Leaflets
#197 (07-Jan-45) Paderborn, Germany Larrance, C. A.  
#198 (08-Jan-45) Frankfurt, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#199 (10-Jan-45) Karlsruhe, Germany Olson, G. E. ABORT #2 Eng out
#202 (15-Jan-45) Augsburg, Germany McClanahan, M. R.  
#203 (16-Jan-45) Dessau, Germany Whitney, L. H. Landed at Lindholme
#204 (20-Jan-45) Heilbronn, Germany Olson, G. E.  
#206 (29-Jan-45) Kassel, Germany Neal, A. M.  
#207 (01-Feb-45) Wesel, Germany Beighley, W. L. ABORT #1 Eng out; replaced #849
#210 (09-Feb-45) Weimar, Germany Malone, E. G. Cameraman
#211 (14-Feb-45) Wesel, Germany Beighley, W. L.  
#213 (16-Feb-45) Wesel, Germany Beighley, W. L.  
#214 (19-Feb-45) Wesel, Germany Blecha, M. K. ABORT #2 Eng feathered; Chaff ship
#217 (23-Feb-45) Crailsheim, Germany Johnson, S. K. Landed on continent
#226 (08-Mar-45) Frankfurt, Germany Beighley, W. L.  
#227 (09-Mar-45) Frankfurt, Germany Johnson, S. K.  
#230 (12-Mar-45) Marburg, Germany Beighley, W. L.  
#231 (14-Mar-45) Hannover, Germany Beighley, W. L. Landed in Ghent
#249 (09-Apr-45) Neuburg, Germany McBroom, J. M.  
#250 (10-Apr-45) Brandenburg, Germany McBroom, J. M.  
#252 (14-Apr-45) Royan, France Fraser, W. N.  
#253 (15-Apr-45) Royan, France Fraser, W. N.  
#254 (16-Apr-45) Royan, France Fraser, W. N.  
#255 (17-Apr-45) Dresden, Germany Fraser, W. N.  
#257 (20-Apr-45) Neuruppin, Germany Bossley, S. R.  

 

Scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946.

 

Cropped version of the photo above

 

Photo titled only as Buddy Buddy crew

 

Buddy Buddy crew before and after

 

Featured in the book The Story of Buddy Buddy, by Hyrum Bell (1976).

 

 

 


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