Service File · AircraftB-24J409th Bombardment SquadronSurvived War
“Bodacious”
Serial
42-109837
Tail Code
YM
Radio Call
X · X-Ray
Catalogued Missions
15
The Ship
Bodacious was the aircraft carrying Sergeant Bernard Edelman on the April 1, 1944 mission to Strasbourg, when a formation of roughly 30 Me-109s attacked, knocking out the bomber's tail guns and stitching the fuselage with 10-mm cannon fire.
Sortie log.
15 flights · oldest first
Date
Target
Type
Pilot · Crew
01 MAY 1944
Target unrecorded
Lt. Mustapa · 10 aboard
→
04 MAY 1944
Target unrecorded
Lt. Barkan · 9 aboard
→
22 MAY 1944
Target unrecorded
Lt. Daugherty · 10 aboard
→
10 JAN 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. McGuire · 10 aboard
→
03 FEB 1945
Magdeburg/Rothensee
Oil Industry
Lt. Eiben · 9 aboard
→
06 FEB 1945
Magdeburg
Marshalling Yard
Lt. Eiben · 9 aboard
→
09 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Hiben · 9 aboard
→
19 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Eiben · 10 aboard
→
21 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Hallgarth · 9 aboard
→
22 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Eiben · 9 aboard
→
02 MAR 1945
Magdeburg/Rothensee O/I
Oil Industry
Lt. Tulley · 10 aboard
→
25 MAR 1945
Bucken
Oil Dump
Lt. Tucker · 9 aboard
→
31 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Mathews · 9 aboard
→
09 APR 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Thayer · 9 aboard
→
15 APR 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Hallgarth · 9 aboard
→
Photographs.
3 on file
Sources.
§ Provenance
http://www.b24bestweb.com/bodacious3.htm
Website
http://www.b24bestweb.com/bodacious2.htm
Website
http://www.b24bestweb.com/bodacious1.htm
Website
Carroll (Cal) Steward · Nebraska Printing Center · 2007
Published
Tony North · Second Air Division Digital Archive · 0
Personal memoir
Joe Baughe · 2023
Website
Plane List
Website
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record