Service File · AircraftB-24J330th Bombardment SquadronMissing in Action
“Little Joe, Gremlins Roost”
Serial
42-50505
Tail Code
AG
Radio Call
E · Easy
Catalogued Missions
10
The Ship
The Gremlin's Roost, later given a second nose art design nicknamed "Shark Jaws," was lost over Germany on February 6, 1945, under pilot Howard E. Jennings. MACR 12355. Wreckage parts were recovered in 1986 near Akersloot, Netherlands.
Data plate.
§ Record of Type
Manufacturer
Consolidated Aircraft Corp. · Fort Worth, Tex.
Fiscal Year
FY 1942
Block Number
40
Full Designation
B-24J-40-CF
Version
B-24J
Finish
Natural Metal
Date Lost
06 February 1945
MACR
12355
Sortie log.
10 flights · oldest first
Date
Target
Type
Pilot · Crew
12 SEP 1944
Hemmingstedt
Oil Refinery
Lt. Kimberly · 8 aboard
→
05 OCT 1944
Paderborn
Airfield
Lt. Sheffield · 11 aboard
→
12 OCT 1944
Osnabrück
Marshalling Yard
Lt. Maddocks · 13 aboard
→
24 DEC 1944
Ahrweiller
Unknown
Lt. Hughes · 10 aboard
→
05 JAN 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Neely · 10 aboard
→
06 JAN 1945
Bonn Rhine H/B
Highway Bridge
Lt. MacFarland · 9 aboard
→
10 JAN 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. MacFarland · 9 aboard
→
17 JAN 1945
Harburg/Rhenania O/I
Oil Industry
Lt. Hughes · 10 aboard
→
28 JAN 1945
Kaiserstuhl
Oil Industry
Lt. Hughes · 10 aboard
→
06 FEB 1945
Magdeburg
Marshalling Yard
Lt. Jennings · 9 aboard
→
Photographs.
1 on file
Sources.
§ Provenance
http://www.b24bestweb.com/gremlinsroost-the3.htm
Website
http://www.b24bestweb.com/gremlinsroost-the2.htm
Website
http://www.b24bestweb.com/gremlinsroost-the1.htm
Website
http://www.b24bestweb.com/gremlinsroost-the4.htm
Website
Tony North · Second Air Division Digital Archive · 0
Personal memoir
Joe Baughe · 2023
Website
Serial Number Database
Website
Plane List
Website
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record