Crew Roster · Personal File
James Wright
Navigator · 409th Squadron
Sortie Log
19 CATALOGUED SORTIES
24 FEB 1944 — 15 APR 1945
24 FEB 1944 — 15 APR 1945
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
№ 233
24 FEB 1944
GothaA/I
Ship number followed by '?' in source; uncertainty noted
XX-XX563
№ 235
25 FEB 1944
FürthA/I
42-100345
№ 235
25 FEB 1944
FürthA/I
42-100365
№ 244
02 MAR 1944
Frankfurt Am MainM/Y
Ship number followed by '?' in source; squadron letter Y and trailing '?' may indicate uncertainty in original document.
Marion42-73503
№ 250
06 MAR 1944
GenshagenI/A
Ship number followed by '?' in source document; uncertain identification.
Zoot Snoot / Swamp Yankee42-99943
№ 317
25 APR 1944
MannheimM/Y
42-109316
№ 327
29 APR 1944
Berlin??
War Goddess
42-109616
№ 333
01 MAY 1944
Target unrecorded
42-109316
№ 338
04 MAY 1944
Target unrecorded
Chief Manatee42-63979
№ 344
08 MAY 1944
Brunswick??
42-72889
№ 347
09 MAY 1944
FlorennesA/F
Missouri Sue42-100370
№ 361
22 MAY 1944
Target unrecorded
WAR Goddess
42-102816
№ 626
12 SEP 1944
HemmingstedtO/R
Ack Ack Shack42-94970
№ 770
30 DEC 1944
MechernichM/Y
D aircraft; Command Pilot: Anderson, Andrew J., Capt.
Sleeping Dynamite42-50468
№ 877
10 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
Squadron Lead 93rd; bomb load partially illegible — appears to include '1X1000' and '2X1000' with unclear markings.
XX-XX585-XX
№ 894
18 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
Deputy Group Lead
XX-XX840
№ 911
24 MAR 1945
American Assault Area??
42-95527
№ 920
31 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
Lead Lo Left
Misschief42-94880
№ 951
15 APR 1945
Target unrecorded
Basket High Right position in formation.
XX-XX860