“Jitters From Bitters”

Piloted by Lieutenant David 'Brandy' Brandfass, this aircraft (call sign 204-I) was crippled by flak on the November 25, 1944 Bingen/Bingerbruck mission, losing two engines and its Gee box, and was belly-landed on a soft mesh airstrip near Ghent, Belgium. A second takeoff attempt to fly it home failed when it sank into marshy ground; the crew was extracted separately by a borrowed B-17.

The aircraft's nose art was painted by radio operator Leo Hebert, at the crew chief's request, after years of ground crew duty at Hardwick without a named plane. Hebert used enamel paint scrounged in red, yellow, and white to depict the name and a foaming mug of bitters, the English ale served at the pub near the base.