43-39054 JERSEY BOUNCE II

B-17G-105-BO 43-39054

710th SQ —  A

 

 

Delivered Hunter 19/11/44; Dow Fd 28/11/44; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 30/11/44; transferred 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 1/12/44

 

Flight listings for 43-39054

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
#195 (05-Jan-45) Waxweiler, Germany North, W. E. ABORT Super out
#196 (06-Jan-45) Worms, Germany Blecha, M. K.  
#198 (08-Jan-45) Frankfurt, Germany Jepsen, C. H.  
#199 (10-Jan-45) Karlsruhe, Germany Jepsen, C. H.  
#201 (14-Jan-45) Magdeburg, Germany Cooke, J. F. Flew instead of Rohde in #803
#202 (15-Jan-45) Augsburg, Germany Jepsen, C. H.  
#203 (16-Jan-45) Dessau, Germany Malone, E. G. Cameraman; Landed at Sandtoft
#204 (20-Jan-45) Heilbronn, Germany White, S. A.  
#205 (21-Jan-45) Mannheim, Germany White, S. A.  
#206 (29-Jan-45) Kassel, Germany Schneider, R. W.  
#208 (03-Feb-45) Berlin, Germany Jepsen, C. H.  
#209 (06-Feb-45) Chemnitz, Germany Jepsen, C. H.  
#214 (19-Feb-45) Wesel, Germany Hampton, M. C. Chaff ship
#215 (20-Feb-45) Nurnberg, Germany Neal, A. M.  
#216 (22-Feb-45) Aalen, Germany Beighley, W. L. PFF
#217 (23-Feb-45) Crailsheim, Germany Jepsen, C. H.  
#218 (24-Feb-45) Bremen, Germany Larrance, C. A. Replaced Coleman
#219 (25-Feb-45) Neuberg, Germany Jepsen, C. H.  
#220 (26-Feb-45) Berlin, Germany Jepsen, C. H.  
#221 (27-Feb-45) Leipzig, Germany DeCaster, H. H.  
#222 (01-Mar-45) Ulm, Germany Beighley, W. L.  
#223 (02-Mar-45) Dresden, Germany Jepsen, C. H.  
#224 (03-Mar-45) Brunswick, Germany Beighley, W. L.  
#225 (07-Mar-45) Datteln-Emscher Lippe, Germany Michael, C. H.  
#226 (08-Mar-45) Frankfurt, Germany Michael, C. H.  
#227 (09-Mar-45) Frankfurt, Germany Jepsen, C. H.  
#234 (18-Mar-45) Berlin, Germany Jepsen, C. H.  
#235 (19-Mar-45) Zwickau, Germany Jepsen, C. H.  
#236 (20-Mar-45) Hamburg, Germany Jepsen, C. H.  
#237 (21-Mar-45) Wittmundhafen, Germany Montague, F.O.  
#238 (22-Mar-45) Heibert, Germany area Jepsen, C. H.  
#240 (24-Mar-45) Varrelsbusch, Germany McBroom, J. M.  

 

Crash landed after non-operational flight with Larry Moore 24/3/44; written off and salvaged 28/3/45.

 

Captioned as: Ground crew for Jersey Bounce II

 

Cpl. Kirk Richards and Lt. James McBroom with 43-39054 Jersey Bounce II sometime between January 8 and March 24, 1945.

 

Photo dated March 25, 1945

 

See also pages for the Jepsen crew and the McBroom crew

 

 


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