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Copyright 401st BGA
42-31730 IY-B/IN-O Morning Star (AKA Tail End Charlie)
Morning Star
# 42-31730
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Serial No:
42-31730
Model:
B-17G-25-BO
Manufacturer:
Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle, WA
Delivered:
12/10/1943
Assigned:
01/31/1944
Lost:
06/07/1945
Mission Lost:
N/A
How Lost:
Returned to the USA
Notes:
It is believed this aircraft completed 112 missions.
Recorded Missions
#
Date
Mission
Crew
1
02/05/1944
Chatearoux (#21)
Clyde A. Lewis Crew #1
2
02/06/1944
Caen (#22)
Fred D. Grinham Crew #1
3
02/11/1944
Frankfurt (#23)
G. (io) C. Byrd Crew #1
4
02/20/1944
Leipzig (#24)
Clyde A. Lewis Crew #1
5
04/20/1944
Bois Coquerel (#53)
Dow C. Pruitt Crew #1
6
05/12/1944
Merseburg (#68)
William W. Trimble Crew #1
7
05/13/1944
Stettin (#69)
Marion O. Hagan Jr. Crew #1
8
05/28/1944
Dessau (#77)
Elmer C. Gillespie Crew #1
9
07/18/1944
Peenemunde (#111)
Robert O. Duckworth Crew #1
10
07/20/1944
Leipzig (#113)
Gerald J. Melofchik Crew #1
11
07/29/1944
Merseburg (#118)
Elmer C. Gillespie Crew #1
12
07/31/1944
Munich (#119)
Elmer C. Gillespie Crew #1
13
08/25/1944
Peenemunde (#133)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
14
09/03/1944
Ludwigshaven (#138)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
15
09/05/1944
Ludwigshaven (#139)
Harry F. Silverstein Crew #1
16
09/09/1944
Mannheim (#140)
William F. Grimm Crew #1
17
09/10/1944
Gaggenau (#141)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
18
09/11/1944
Merseburg (#142)
Louis E. Cooper Crew #1
19
09/17/1944
Groesbeck (#144)
William F. Grimm Crew #1
20
09/22/1944
Kassel (#146)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
21
09/25/1944
Frankfurt (#147)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
22
09/26/1944
Osnabruck (#148)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
23
09/28/1944
Magdeburg (#150)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
24
09/30/1944
Munster (#151)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
25
10/03/1944
Nurnburg (#152)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
26
10/07/1944
Politz (#154)
George W. McKay Crew #1
27
10/15/1944
Cologne (#156)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
28
10/17/1944
Cologne (#157)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
29
10/19/1944
Mannheim (#158)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
30
10/22/1944
Hanover (#159)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
31
10/30/1944
Munster (#163)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
32
11/02/1944
Merseburg (#164)
Ernest A. Hansen Crew #1
33
11/05/1944
Frankfurt (#166)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
34
11/06/1944
Harburg (#167)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
35
11/08/1944
Merseburg (#168)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
36
11/16/1944
Eschweiler (#170)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
37
11/21/1944
Merseburg (#171)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
38
11/26/1944
Misburg (#173)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
39
11/29/1944
Misburg (#174)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
40
12/06/1944
Merseburg (#178)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
41
12/11/1944
Frankfurt (#179)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
42
12/12/1944
Merseburg (#180)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
43
12/15/1944
Kassel (#181)
Robert S. Jones Jr. Crew #1
44
12/19/1944
Schleiden/Koblenz (#182)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
45
12/24/1944
Koblenz (#183)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
46
12/28/1944
Rheinbach (#185)
Alfred R. Grimm Crew #1
47
12/29/1944
Bingen (#186)
John D. Gerber Crew #1
48
12/31/1944
Krefeld (#188)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
49
01/01/1945
Kassel (#189)
George W. Sombart Crew #1
50
01/05/1945
Koblenz (#191)
Robert E. Jordan Crew #1
51
01/06/1945
Kempernich (#192)
Adolph K. Wolf Crew #1
52
01/07/1945
Bitburg (#193)
Adolph K. Wolf Crew #1
53
01/13/1945
Maximilliansau (#195)
George W. McKay Crew #1
54
01/17/1945
Paderbom (#197)
Samuel R. Smith Crew #1
55
01/21/1945
Aschaffenburg (#198)
Samuel R. Smith Crew #1
56
01/22/1945
Sterkrade (#199)
Samuel R. Smith Crew #1
57
01/28/1945
Cologne (#200)
Robert S. Jones Jr. Crew #1
58
02/01/1945
Ludwigshaven (#202)
Samuel R. Smith Crew #1
59
02/03/1945
Berlin (#203)
Samuel R. Smith Crew #1
60
02/09/1945
Lutzkendorf (#205)
Willis S. Knowles Crew #1
61
02/14/1945
Dresden (#207)
Samuel R. Smith Crew #1
62
02/15/1945
Dresden (#208)
Samuel R. Smith Crew #1
63
02/21/1945
Nurnburg (#211)
Lafanre L. Berneburg Crew #1
64
02/23/1945
Ottingen (#213)
Samuel R. Smith Crew #1
65
03/04/1945
Schwabmunchen (#222)
Arthur D. Kelso Crew #1
66
03/07/1945
Siegen (#223)
David E. Vermeer Crew #1
67
03/08/1945
Essen (#224)
David E. Vermeer Crew #1
68
03/10/1945
Hagen (#225)
James H. May Crew #1
69
03/11/1945
Bremen (#226)
Meyer Levy Crew #1
70
03/12/1945
Swinemunde (#227)
Meyer Levy Crew #1
71
03/14/1945
Lohne (#228)
Thurman M. Geren Crew #1
72
03/15/1945
Zossen (Berlin) (#229)
Meyer Levy Crew #1
73
03/18/1945
Berlin (#231)
Meyer Levy Crew #1
74
03/21/1945
Hopsten (#233)
Meyer Levy Crew #1
75
03/22/1945
Barmingholten (#234)
Meyer Levy Crew #1
76
03/31/1945
Weimar (#240)
James C. Lovelace Crew #1
77
04/04/1945
Unterluss (#241)
Meyer Levy Crew #1
78
04/07/1945
Luneburg (#243)
Meyer Levy Crew #1
79
04/09/1945
Furstenfeldbruck (#245)
Meyer Levy Crew #1
80
04/16/1945
Regensburg (#250)
Meyer Levy Crew #1
81
04/17/1945
Dresden (#251)
Meyer Levy Crew #1
82
04/18/1945
Traunstein (#252)
William G. McKenny Crew #1
83
04/19/1945
Falkenburg (#253)
Harry A. Warthen Crew #1
84
04/20/1945
Brandenburg (#254)
Meyer Levy Crew #1