43-38950 BLOATED BODY / BLOODY BUCKET / OL’ BOOMERANG

B-17G-100-BO 43-38950

708th SQ — J

 


43-38950 at 30 missions.

 

Flight listings for 43-38950

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
#188 (24-Dec-44) Babenhausen, Germany Mayhew, A. D.  
#190 (30-Dec-44) Mannheim, Germany Mayhew, A. D.  
#191 (31-Dec-44) Wenzendorf, Germany Mayhew, A. D.  
#192 (01-Jan-45) Dollberg, Germany Mayhew, A. D.  
#193 (02-Jan-45) Nalbach, Germany Mayhew, A. D. ABORT
#194 (03-Jan-45) Koblenz, Germany Mayhew, A. D.  
#195 (05-Jan-45) Waxweiler, Germany Mayhew, A. D.  
#196 (06-Jan-45) Worms, Germany Mayhew, A. D.  
#197 (07-Jan-45) Paderborn, Germany Mayhew, A. D.  
#198 (08-Jan-45) Frankfurt, Germany Cohen, E. Cameraman
#199 (10-Jan-45) Karlsruhe, Germany Mayhew, A. D. ABORT Lost formation
#201 (14-Jan-45) Magdeburg, Germany Mayhew, A. D.  
#202 (15-Jan-45) Augsburg, Germany Mayhew, A. D.  
#203 (16-Jan-45) Dessau, Germany Mayhew, A. D. ABORT Spare Landed at Woodbridge
#204 (20-Jan-45) Heilbronn, Germany Mayhew, A. D.  
#206 (29-Jan-45) Kassel, Germany Gillespie, R. T.  
#207 (01-Feb-45) Wesel, Germany Mayhew, A. D.  
#208 (03-Feb-45) Berlin, Germany Mayhew, A. D.  
#209 (06-Feb-45) Chemnitz, Germany Russell, J. L. replaced #643
#211 (14-Feb-45) Wesel, Germany Gurney, H. J.  
#212 (15-Feb-45) Cottbus, Germany Russell, J. L.  
#213 (16-Feb-45) Wesel, Germany Gurney, H. J.  
#214 (19-Feb-45) Wesel, Germany Gurney, H. J.  
#216 (22-Feb-45) Aalen, Germany Herried, W. H. cameraman
#217 (23-Feb-45) Crailsheim, Germany Russell, J. L.  
#218 (24-Feb-45) Bremen, Germany Phaneuf, R. K.  
#219 (25-Feb-45) Neuberg, Germany Jacques, A. N.  
#220 (26-Feb-45) Berlin, Germany Jacques, A. N.  
#221 (27-Feb-45) Leipzig, Germany Jacques, A. N.  
#222 (01-Mar-45) Ulm, Germany Roberts, L. D.  
#224 (03-Mar-45) Brunswick, Germany Jacques, A. N.  
#225 (07-Mar-45) Datteln-Emscher Lippe, Germany Osborne, W. W.  
#227 (09-Mar-45) Frankfurt, Germany Phaneuf, R. K.  
#228 (10-Mar-45) Dortmund, Germany Phaneuf, R. K.  
#229 (11-Mar-45) Hamburg, Germany Maxwell, T. D.  
#230 (12-Mar-45) Marburg, Germany Phaneuf, R. K.  
#231 (14-Mar-45) Hannover, Germany Phaneuf, R. K. ABORT #2 feathered
#233 (17-Mar-45) Ruhland, Germany Schreiner, J. B.  
#234 (18-Mar-45) Berlin, Germany Lawrence, V. R.  
#235 (19-Mar-45) Zwickau, Germany Haig, A. N. slated 823
#236 (20-Mar-45) Hamburg, Germany Phaneuf, R. K.  
#237 (21-Mar-45) Wittmundhafen, Germany Schreiner, J. B.  
#238 (22-Mar-45) Heibert, Germany area Phaneuf, R. K.  
#239 (23-Mar-45) Holzwickede, Germany Gurney, H. J.  
#240 (24-Mar-45) Varrelsbusch, Germany Phaneuf, R. K.  
#241 (28-Mar-45) Hannover, Germany Phaneuf, R. K. Camera
#242 (30-Mar-45) Hamburg, Germany Jacques, A. N.  
#243 (31-Mar-45) Salzwedel, Germany Maxwell, M. S.  
#245 (04-Apr-45) Kiel, Germany Warren, E. H.  
#246 (05-Apr-45) Nuremberg, Germany Warren, E. H. Leaflets
#247 (07-Apr-45) Schwerin, Germany Warren, E. H.  
#248 (08-Apr-45) Plauen, Germany Leppard, O. D.  
#250 (10-Apr-45) Brandenburg, Germany Gilleland, W. O.  
#251 (11-Apr-45) Ingolstadt, Germany Warren, E. H.  
#252 (14-Apr-45) Royan, France Warren, E. H.  
#253 (15-Apr-45) Royan, France Gibson, R. C.  
#254 (16-Apr-45) Royan, France Gilleland, W. O.  
#255 (17-Apr-45) Dresden, Germany Roberts, L. D.  
#256 (19-Apr-45) Dresden, Germany Radus, S. L. replaced Gilleland (who had ABORT)
#257 (20-Apr-45) Neuruppin, Germany Lawrence, V. R.  

 

Painted as Bloated Body, shown with 55 regular mission marks, plus a large bomb indicating 57 (two missions on D-Day?).

 

 

Photo undated. Scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946.

 

Also known as Ol’ Boomerang (see Combat Diary- S/Sgt Lauri K. Rautio)

 

Painted as Bloated Body, shown with 55 regular mission marks, plus a large bomb indicating 57 (two missions on D-Day?)

 

 


Some photos/information provided by:

  • Ed Hamby
  • name given in Combat Diary- S/Sgt Lauri K. Rautio