| 42-102668, Cock o' the Sky, a B-17G-55-BO, was built in Boeing’s Seattle plant and delivered to the USAAF on 24 March 1944, and assigned to the 710th Squadron upon its arrival in England on the 4th of May. The origin of the name remains unknown. |
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Cock o' the Sky
Early 1945
Taxiing with 1 and 4 running
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| Combat Missions |
Cock o' the Sky is generally credited with 120 combat missions between May 1944 and the end of combat operations for the 447th in April 1945. From available sources, we've been able to identify 119 of those, shown below.
| No. |
DATE |
TARGET |
PILOT |
| 1 |
05/23/44 |
TROYES |
Miller |
| 2 |
05/24/44 |
BERLIN |
Miller |
| 3 |
05/28/44 |
KONISBURG |
Champlin |
| 4 |
05/30/44 |
ST. POL SIRACOURT |
Miller |
| 5 |
06/02/44 |
WIMEREUX |
Miller |
| 6 |
06/03/44 |
AUDRESSELLES |
Miller |
| 7 |
06/06/44 |
D-DAY TARGETS NORTH FRANCE |
Miller |
| 8 |
06/06/44 |
D-DAY TARGETS NORTH FRANCE |
Fargarson |
| 9 |
06/07/44 |
NANTES |
Shute |
| 10 |
06/08/44 |
NANTES |
Miller |
| 11 |
06/12/44 |
CONCHES A/F |
Miller |
| 12 |
06/14/44 |
FLORENNES/JUZAINE A/F |
Miller |
| 13 |
06/15/44 |
MISBURG |
Miller |
| 14 |
06/18/44 |
MISBURG |
Loughrey |
| 15 |
06/20/44 |
FALLERSLABEN KONINGSBORN |
Halverson |
| 16 |
06/21/44 |
BERLIN |
Miller |
| 17 |
06/22/44 |
NUCOURT |
Miller |
| 18 |
06/24/44 |
WESERMUNDE |
G.H. Miller |
| 19 |
06/25/44 |
AREA #1 "ZEBRA" |
Miller |
| 20 |
06/29/44 |
BOHLEN |
Miller |
| 21 |
07/08/44 |
ST. ANDRE DE L'EURE / NOGENT M/Y |
W. Miller |
| 22 |
07/11/44 |
MUNICH |
W.H. Miller |
| 23 |
07/12/44 |
MUNICH |
W. Miller |
| 24 |
07/16/44 |
STUTTGART |
Fargason |
| 25 |
07/20/44 |
MERSEBURG |
McDermott |
| 26 |
07/21/44 |
REGENSBURG |
Larson |
| 27 |
07/24/44 |
ST. LO AREA |
Miller |
| 28 |
07/25/44 |
ST. LO AREA |
Miller |
| 29 |
07/27/44 |
OSTEND |
Miller |
| 30 |
08/04/44 |
ARRAS-OSTEND |
Miller |
| 31 |
08/07/44 |
ANIZY LE CHATEAU |
Capt. Miller |
| 32 |
08/08/44 |
BRETTEVILLE |
Captain Miller |
| 33 |
08/11/44 |
BELFORT M/V |
Captain Miller |
| 34 |
08/13/44 |
SEINE R. AREA |
Captain Miller |
| 35 |
08/14/44 |
MANNHEIM |
Morrison |
| 36 |
08/16/44 |
ROSITZ |
Nelms |
| 37 |
08/24/44 |
BRUX |
Purdy |
| 38 |
08/25/44 |
RECHLIN |
Shute |
| 39 |
08/28/44 |
BERLIN |
Lt. Martenson |
| 40 |
08/31/44 |
BREMEN |
Wilder |
| 41 |
09/01/44 |
MAINZ |
Wilder |
| 42 |
09/05/44 |
BREST |
Wilder |
| 43 |
09/08/44 |
MAINZ |
Hoffman |
| 44 |
09/09/44 |
GRASSY |
Lt. Moore |
| 45 |
09/10/44 |
GIEBELSTADT |
Brown |
| 46 |
09/11/44 |
FULDA |
Brown |
| 47 |
09/19/44 |
KOBLENZ |
Wunderling |
| 48 |
09/22/44 |
KASSEL |
Moore |
| 49 |
09/28/44 |
MERSEBURG |
Weeks |
| 50 |
10/03/44 |
GILBERSTADT |
Pearsall |
| 51 |
10/05/44 |
MUNSTER A/F |
Wunderling |
| 52 |
10/09/44 |
GUSTAVSBURG |
Schneider |
| 53 |
10/12/44 |
BREMEN |
Olson |
| 54 |
10/22/44 |
MUNSTER |
Schneider |
| 55 |
10/26/44 |
HANOVER |
Schneider |
| 56 |
10/30/44 |
MERSEBURG |
Schneider |
| 57 |
11/02/44 |
MERSEBURG |
Schneider |
| 58 |
11/06/44 |
NEUMUNSTER |
Briggs |
| 59 |
11/09/44 |
SAARBRUCKEN |
Schneider |
| 60 |
11/11/44 |
OBERLAHNSTEIN |
Schneider |
| 61 |
11/16/44 |
DUREN AREA |
Schneider |
| 62 |
11/21/44 |
KOBLENZ |
Schneider |
| 63 |
11/25/44 |
MERSEBURG |
Schneider |
| 64 |
11/30/44 |
LUTZKENDORF |
Schneider |
| 65 |
12/04/44 |
MAINZ |
Lt. Schneider |
| 66 |
12/06/44 |
MERSEBURG |
Schneider |
| 67 |
12/10/44 |
KOBLENZ |
Schneider |
| 68 |
12/15/44 |
HANOVER |
Beighley |
| 69 |
12/18/44 |
MAINZ |
North |
| 70 |
12/24/44 |
BABENHAUSEN |
Weeks |
| 71 |
12/28/44 |
KOBLENZ |
Schneider |
| 72 |
12/30/44 |
MANNHEIM |
Beighley |
| 73 |
12/31/44 |
COGNAC |
Beighley |
| 74 |
01/01/45 |
DOLLBERGEN |
Lt. Schneider |
| 75 |
01/02/45 |
NALBACH- |
Hayes |
| 76 |
01/03/45 |
KOBLENZ |
Middeleer |
| 77 |
01/05/45 |
WAXWEILER |
Schneider |
| 78 |
01/06/45 |
WORMS |
Schneider |
| 79 |
01/08/45 |
FRANKFURT |
Schneider |
| 80 |
01/10/45 |
KARLSRUHE |
Jennings |
| 81 |
01/14/45 |
MADGEBURG |
Baker |
| 82 |
01/15/45 |
AUGSBURG |
Schneider |
| 83 |
01/16/45 |
DESSAU |
Hayes |
| 84 |
01/20/45 |
HEILBRONN |
Schneider |
| 85 |
02/03/45 |
BERLIN |
Johnson |
| 86 |
02/07/45 |
CHEMNITZ |
Lt. Schneider |
| 87 |
02/14/45 |
WESEL |
Schneider |
| 88 |
02/16/45 |
WESEL & RHEINE |
Shepard |
| 89 |
02/18/45 |
WESEL |
Badzil |
| 90 |
02/20/45 |
NURNBERG |
Hampton |
| 91 |
02/24/45 |
BREMEN |
Graves |
| 92 |
02/25/45 |
NEUBERG |
Shepard |
| 93 |
02/27/45 |
LEIPZIG |
Shepard |
| 94 |
03/02/45 |
DRESDEN |
Shepard |
| 95 |
03/03/45 |
BRUNSWICK |
Shepard |
| 96 |
03/10/45 |
DORTMUND |
Shepard |
| 97 |
03/11/45 |
HAMBURG |
Shepard |
| 98 |
03/12/45 |
MARBURG |
Shepard |
| 99 |
03/17/45 |
RUHLAND |
Shepard |
| 100 |
03/18/45 |
BERLIN |
Lt. Shepard |
| 101 |
03/19/45 |
ZWICKAU |
Blasche |
| 102 |
03/20/45 |
HAMBURG |
Cottle |
| 103 |
03/21/45 |
WITTMUNDHAFEN |
Dankmyer |
| 104 |
03/23/45 |
HOLZWICKEDE |
Shepard |
| 105 |
03/24/45 |
VARRELBUSCH A/F |
Hammond |
| 106 |
03/28/45 |
HANOVER |
Shepard |
| 107 |
03/30/45 |
HAMBURG |
Montague |
| 108 |
04/03/45 |
KIEL |
Shepard |
| 109 |
04/04/45 |
KIEL |
Shepard |
| 110 |
04/05/45 |
NURNBERG |
Russell |
| 111 |
04/07/45 |
SCHWERIN |
Russell |
| 112 |
04/08/45 |
PLAUEN |
Russell |
| 113 |
04/09/45 |
NEWBURG A/F |
Radus |
| 114 |
04/11/45 |
INGLOSTADT |
Bland |
| 115 |
04/14/45 |
ROYAN AREA |
Lt. Russell |
| 116 |
04/15/45 |
ROYAN AREA |
Russell |
| 117 |
04/16/45 |
ROYAN AREA |
Russell |
| 118 |
04/17/45 |
DRESDEN |
Russell |
| 119 |
04/20/45 |
NEURUPPIN |
Blaschke |
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