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USAAF Station 126 - Rattlesden 
42-31125, No Regrets

No Regrets
42-31125, No Regrets, a B-17G-1-BO built in Seattle in September 1943, was one of the original Harvard planes, ferried to Rattlesden in November 1943 by the Lowry crew.  It flew only a single combat mission, on December 31, 1943 with the Lt. Milton Moore crew on board.

No Regrets, photographed with the Lowry crew at Harvard AAB in November 1943
Combat Missions
DateTargetPilot
12/31/1943  Cognac Lowry
The official report on the mission made the following notation:
Of the 20 A/C dispatched, one (1) was lost in the immediate vicinity of the target just after bombs away. Observers in the formation reported that A/C #125, pilot Lt. M.R. Moore, pulled away in flames, evidently the result of a flak burst, spun down, and broke up in the air. Five (5) chutes were reported.

More details of Cognac mission, 12/31/43