41-31819 Mild and Bitter
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 452BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. First B-26 in the European Theater of Operations to complete 100 operational missions. This was accomplished on an afternoon raid on a Nazi airfield at Evreux/Fauville, southwest of Rouen, France, 9-May-44. She had flown her first mission on 23 July 1943. She did all this on her original engines, amassing a total of 449 hours and 30 minutes on them, 310 hours and 40 minutes of that in combat! During this time she never aborted due to mechanical failure, and not one of her many crewmen was a casualty. She was taken off operations after her 100th mission and flown back to the States to conduct a War Bond tour.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15072160 / O-662670
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6663A
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17028337 / O-662680
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other 100th combat missions |
Évreux, France | 9 May 1944 | Completed 100 missions in ETO. Evreux being the final mission. |
Manufactured |
Offutt AFB, NE, USA | Built at Martin. | |
Delivered |
Nebraska, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
Assigned |
Andrewsfield Aviation Ltd, Saling Airfield Stebbing Great Dunmow Essex CM6 3TH, United Kingdom | Assigned to 452BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. | |
Other Returned to ZI. |
United States | Flown back Stateside to carry out a war bond tour. |