“Beaver's Baby”
Lieutenant A. Wesley Cable's Beaver's Baby was photographed with its crew on its 30th mission in early September 1944. On the September 18, 1944 Eindhoven supply-drop mission, it flew as deputy lead; when the lead ship was forced to turn back, Cable took over the lead and completed the run despite an engine fire and 20-mm hits, returning on three engines. Later, on the December 11, 1944 mission to Hanau, the aircraft was flown by Lieutenant C.W. Barton, who lost one engine and half power on a second; Barton landed the ship safely on a P-47 strip in Belgium.
Sortie Log
A sortie is a single combat mission flown by an aircraft and its crew. The entries below document known sorties associated with this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. This list represents verified flights but may not be complete; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.