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Dan Cairns

Tail Gunner · 328th Squadron

Sortie Log

1 CATALOGUED SORTIE
18 NOV 1943

The sorties below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 132
18 NOV 1943
Oslo-KjellerA/F
On the return trip after bombing, the aircraft was attacked by German Me-109 fighters at approximately 11:00 AM. Damage caused loss of airspeed and the plane dropped out of formation. Navigator Lt. Sills charted a course to Sweden (neutral country). Aircraft landed in a field outside Örebro, Sweden. This was War Baby's 12th mission.
War Baby/Ball of Fire Jr.42-40128