Finding Aid · Aircraft Index · Serial 42-100150
Sweater Gal, B-24J
“Sweater Gal”
Finish & Markings
Olive Drab
NOSE ART ON FILE
B-24J · 330th Bombardment Squadron · 93rd BG (H)

“Sweater Gal”

42-100150
Scrapped
Fuselage Code
AG
Radio Call Letter
PPeter
Cataloged Sorties
9

Originally BUCK-FIFTY JOB (reference to the going rate for a London Lady of the Evening). Due to the nude woman and very sexy name, she was clothed and renamed by ground crew, when an officer wanted her covered up.

In October or November 1944 she was transferred to the 329th Squadron and given radio call letter I. Declared war-weary, she was eventually salvaged at Base Air Depot 3, Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland.

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.

Date
Pilot
Cataloged Crew
Target
Target Type
24 FEB 1944
Depke
10 MEN
Aviation Industry
25 FEB 1944
Depke
10 MEN
Aviation Industry
28 FEB 1944
Litwiller
10 MEN
02 MAR 1944
Depke
10 MEN
Marshalling Yard
06 MAR 1944
McKinster
10 MEN
Industrial Area
29 APR 1944
[unclear]itchell
10 MEN
Unknown
06 MAY 1944
Jennings
10 MEN
V-weapon Site
08 MAY 1944
Mitchell
10 MEN
Unknown
22 MAY 1944
Hase
10 MEN

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