Mission Photographs and Mission Record

The following is a transcription of the original official mission record.

(From the Albert I. Pierce personal archives)

We believe that missions 1 through 22 were flown with aircraft # 916 TD 31. The final mission was flown with aircraft #140 TS 32

Combat Missions:

No. Date Target
1, 1 Aug 44 Tours, Fr.
2. 2 Aug44 Noball Fr.
3. 4 Aug444 Hamburg, Germ.
4. 14 Aug44 Mannheim, Germ.
5. 24 Aug 44 Freitai, Germ.
6. 27 Aug 44 Genshgen, Germ.
7. 1 Sept 44 Mainz, Germ.
8. 5 Sept 44 Brest, Fr.
9. 9 Sept 44 Dusseldorf, Germ.
10. 10 Spt 44 Giebelstadt, Germ.
11. 11 Spt 44 Fulda, Germ.
12. 13 Spt 44 Darmstadt, Germ.
13. 17 Spt 44 Tactical Holland.
14. 19 Spt 44 Coblenz, Germ.
15. 21 Spt 44 Ludwigshafen, Germ
16. 27 Spt 44 Mainz, Germ.
17. 2 Oct 44 Cassel, Germ.
18. 3 Oct 44 Nurn Berg, Germ.
19. 9 Oct 44 Mainz, Germ
20. 22 Oct 44 Munster, Germany
21. 25 Oct 44 Harburg, Germany
22. 26 Oct 44 Hannover, Germany
23. 2 Nov 44 Merseburg, Germany (MIA)

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The bombardier Lt. Hampton and unidentified crew members prior to a mission.

Lt. Pierce poses along with unidentified personnel.

The original crew. This may have been taken after just after ferrying this aircraft from the U.S.