December 1944

 

Mission Number: #178
Date: 4 December, 1944 Type: Bomber escort
Target Area: Weisbaden, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Lt. Richard Cain (505) Mechanical, POW
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #179
Date: 5 December, 1944 Type: Close Escort and Fighter Sweep
Target Area: Berlin, Germany
Claims: Capt. Shafer (503) 1 FW190 damaged in air
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Lt. Col. Harvey Henderson (503) Shot down, POW
  Lt. James Baker (505) Mechanical, POW
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #180
Date: 6 December, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Merseburg, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #181
Date: 9 December, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Stuttgart, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #182
Date: 10 December, 1944 Type: P.T.W.S.
Target Area: Kiblenz, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #183
Date: 11 December, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Giessen, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Lt. Gokey (503) unknown
Losses:
Misc: Lt. Gokey's P51 caught fire and he was forced to bail over Frinton, England

 

Mission Number: #184
Date: 12 December, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Merseburg, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Lt. Harry Loskill (504) unknown, POW
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #185
Date: 15 December, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Hanover, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #186
Date: 16 December, 1944 Type: P.T.W.S.
Target Area: Stuttgart, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #187
Date: 18 December, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Weisbaden, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #188
Date: 28 December, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Koblenz, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #189
Date: 29 December, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Frankfurt, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Lt. Charles Mead (504) Mechanical, KIA
Misc: "... a mysterious crystalline ball suspended from a balloon was observed in the vacinity of Malmendy, at 1324 hours at an altitude of 27,000 ft..."

 

Mission Number: #190
Date: 30 December, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Kassel, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #191
Date: 31 December, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Hamburg, Germsny
Claims: Capt. Bryan (503) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. Allen (503) 1 FW190 shot down
  Capt. Hawkins (503) 1 FW190 shot down, 1 ME262 damaged in air
  Lt. Herrmann (504) 2 FW190's shot down
  Lt. Allers (504) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. Barto (504) 1 FW190 damaged in air
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Lt. James Mankie (503) shot down, POW
  Capt. Anthony Hawkins (503) unknown, KIA
Misc: Lt. Mankie became the second 339th pilot shot down by a ME262. Capt Hawkins became the first 339th pilot to damage a ME262, the same one that shot down Lt. Mankie. In following the ME262 down, Capt. Hawkins was never heard from again.

 

 

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