Operational History of B-17G 43-37856, Lady V, 486th BG
(compiled by Hub Groeneveld, the Netherlands)
Nr Mission Date Pilot Sqn Callsign Target Remarks
1 50 08/01/44 White 833 Pebbly King Tours First mission with B-17, #856 in 833 BS, code 4N-K
2 51 08/02/44 Chiscena 833 Pebbly King Grand Marche Second target: Mont Gournoy
3 52 08/03/44 Wegener 833 Pebbly King Saint Florentin #909, #929, #145 lost
4 54 08/05/44 Zuker 833 Pebbly King Magdeburg  
5 61 08/14/44 Rohan 833 Pebbly King Mannheim
6 62 08/15/44 Rohan 833 Pebbly King Twente airbase
7 63 08/16/44 Clinard 833 Pebbly King Rositz
8 64 08/18/44 White 833 Pebbly King Sain Dizier  
9 66 08/25/44 White 833 Pebbly King Reichlin
10 67 08/26/44 Springer 833 Pebbly King Brest
11 69 08/30/44 Springer 833 Pebbly King Bremen
12 70 09/01/44 Austin 833 Pebbly King Mainz Recall due to weather
13 71 09/03/44 Wegener 833 Pebbly King Brest
14 72 09/05/44 Wegener 833 Pebbly King Brest #875 and #949 lost
15 73 09/09/44 White 833 Pebbly King Duesseldorf #292 crashlands in France
16 74 09/10/44 Wallenbrock 833 Pebbly King Giebelstadt  
17 78 09/17/44 Rohan 833 Pebbly King Eisenbach Support of Market Garden
18 79 09/19/44 White 833 Pebbly King Limburg, Koblenz #959 lost
19 80 09/21/44 Austin 833 Pebbly King Ludwigshafen
20 81 09/25/44 Austin 834 Deepseat King Ludwigshafen #856 transfers to 834 BS and is assigned code 2S-K
21 82 09/26/44 Dimel 834 Deepseat King Bremen 1 a/c lost in midair coll. No casualties
22 83 09/27/44 Chambers 834 Deepseat King Mainz #005 lost
23 84 09/28/44 Tubbs 834 Deepseat King Merseberg #020 forced down at Rheims
24 86 10/03/44 Adams 834 Deepseat King Giebelstadt  
25 87 10/05/44 Tubbs 834 Deepseat King Muenster/Handorf #972 lost. #035 forced landing Belgium
26 88 10/06/44 Adams 834 Deepseat King Berlin
89 10/07/44 Frazier SPARE
27 90 10/09/44 Tubbs 834 Deepseat King Gustavsburg Second target: Mainz
28 91 10/14/44 Hughes 834 Deepseat King Koeln #029 forced down in Belgium, #856 in Amiens
116 12/16/44 Newsom Deepseat Roger SPARE, #856 is assigned code 2S-R from this date
30 117 12/23/44 Adams 834 Deepseat Roger Hamburg
31 118 12/24/44 Casey 834 Deepseat Roger Gross Ostheim  
32 119 12/26/44 Adams 834 Deepseat Roger Neuwied
33 120 12/28/44 Ringler 834 Deepseat Roger Gerolstein
34 121 12/29/44 Adams 834 Deepseat Roger Aschaffenburg
35 122 12/30/44 Adams 834 Deepseat Roger Mannheim  
36 123 12/31/44 Adams 834 Deepseat Roger Hamburg #910 crashed 1 minute after T/O, crew safe
37 125 01/02/45 Adams 834 Deepseat Roger Siegfried Line
38 126 01/03/45 Adams 834 Deepseat Roger Aschaffenburg
  127 01/05/45     Deepseat Roger   SPARE
39 128 01/07/45 Adams 834 Deepseat Roger Ruthen
40 129 01/08/45 Adams 834 Deepseat Roger Bischofsheim
41 130 01/10/45 Cloud 834 Deepseat Roger Karlsruhe #800 crashlands in France
42 131 01/13/45 Heuser 834 Deepseat Roger Mainz  
43 132 01/14/45 Ozier 834 Deepseat Roger Magdeburg
44 134 01/18/45 Gay 834 Deepseat Roger Kaiserslautern
45 138 01/29/45 Chase 834 Deepseat Roger Kassel
46 140 02/03/45 Dauenhauer 834 Deepseat Roger Berlin #031 crashed in UK, #130 crashlanded in Poland
47 142 02/09/45 Dauenhauer 834 Deepseat Roger Bohlen
48 143 02/14/45 Miller, J.H. 834 Deepseat Roger Chemnitz
49 144 02/15/45 Dauenhauer 834 Deepseat Roger Wesel
50 146 02/17/45 Gay 834 Deepseat Roger Frankfurt  
147 02/19/45 Lilly 834 Deepseat Roger SPARE
51 148 02/21/45 Johnstone 834 Deepseat Roger Nurnberg
52 149 02/22/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Hof #599 lost
53 150 02/23/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Neumarket  
54 151 02/24/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Bremen
55 153 02/26/45 Pankow 834 Deepseat Roger Berlin
154 02/27/45 Stang Deepseat Roger SPARE
56 155 02/28/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Kassel  
57 156 03/02/45 Jackson 834 Deepseat Roger Lonnewitz
58 158 03/04/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Neuberg
59 159 03/07/45 Fusco 834 Deepseat Roger Castrop/Rauxel
60 160 03/08/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Frankfurt  
161 03/09/45 Deepseat Roger SPARE
61 162 03/10/45 Mentzer 834 Deepseat Roger Dortmund
62 165 03/14/45 Gibbs 834 Deepseat Roger Nienhagen
63 166 03/15/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Ruhland  
64 168 03/18/45 Pankow 834 Deepseat Roger Berlin
65 169 03/19/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Ruhland
66 171 03/22/45 Ward, B.D. 834 Deepseat Roger Muelheim
67 172 03/23/45 Bennett 834 Deepseat Roger Holzwickede  
68 173 03/24/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Varel
69 174 03/28/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Dedenhausen
70 175 03/30/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Hamburg #142 lost
71 176 03/31/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Derben  
72 177 04/03/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Kiel
73 178 04/04/45 Stang 834 Deepseat Roger Kiel
74 180 04/07/45 Corbett 834 Deepseat Roger Parchim #9163 and #528 lost
75 181 04/08/45 Brandstein 834 Deepseat Roger Hof #712, #020, #942 lost
76 182 04/09/45 Brandstein 834 Deepseat Roger Neuburg
77 183 04/10/45 Vanderhoef 834 Deepseat Roger Briest #580 and #820 lost. #970 forced down in Belgium
Last mission for #856 Lady V. Forced landing at Venlo Y-55 to be scrapped in August 1947.

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