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Missions List
"RAID ON PARIS" - A TRUE STORY WRITTEN BY TAIL GUNNER ALVIN NEFF and based on the last mission the crew flew. Click HERE to listen to a reading of his story.
Click on each line below for a synopsis from Snetterton Falcons.
Getting Ready - Birth of a Bomb Group - July 1942 to April 1943
Training: Boise
Walla Walla
Rapid City
Pocatello
Peyote
Deployment
MISSION DATE TARGET LENGTH (HOURS)
The Month of May - An Ominous Beginning
1 5/14/1943 COURTRAI (France) 3:00
2 5/15/1943 EMDEN (Germany) 6:15
3 5/17/1943 L'ORIENT (France) 6:00
4 5/19/1943 FLENSBURG (Germany) 6:15
5 5/21/1943 EMDEN (Germany) 6:55
6 5/29/1943 RENNES (NW France) 5:55
The Month of June - Snetterton Heath: The Falcon's Nest
7 6/11/1943 BREMEN/WILHELMSAVEN 6:00 (Germany)
8 6/13/1943 KIEL (Germany) 6:15
9 6/22/1943 HULS (Germany) 6:20
10 6/26/1943 LE MANS (France) 5:20
11 6/28/1943 ST. NAZAIRE (France) 9:35
12 6/29/1943 LE MANS (France) 5:10
The Month of July - Blitz Week Baptism
13 7/10/1943 LE BOURGET - PARIS (France) 4:45
14 7/14/1943 LE BOURGET - PARIS (France) 5:30
15 7/24/1943 BERGEN (Norway) 8:20
16 7/25/1943 KIEL (Germany) 7:00
17 7/26/1943 HANNOVER (Germany) 5:45
18 7/28/1943 OSCHERSLEBEN (Germany) 6:25
The Month of August - Enter Lady Moe
19 8/12/1943 BONN (Germany) 5:20
20 8/16/1943 ABBEVILLE-POIX (N. France) 7:10
21 8/17/1943 REGENSBURG 11:00
(Shuttle Raid To North Africa)
22 8/24/1943 BORDEAUX (France) 12:00
The Month of September - The Changes of September
23 9/02/1943 ST. MARDYCK (France) 5:00
24 9/07/1943 WATTEN (France) 3:45
25 9/09/1943 PARIS (France) 7:00
TOTAL FLYING COMBAT HOURS = 158 HOURS 8 MINUTES
April 10, 1943 ETO RIBBON (BATTLE STAR)
June 19, 1943 AIR MEDAL
July 13, 1943 OAK LEAF CLUSTER
August 16, 1943 OAK LEAF CLUSTER
August 30, 1943 OAK LEAF CLUSTER
September 30, 1943 DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
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