Mission List Crew 46 - 62nd Squadron

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The following list of missions is from the Record of Combat Duty of S/Sgt Lawrence J. Toeppe, Left Gunner.

On 29 May 1945 Toeppe and 3 other members of the crew were KIA as a result of battle damage to their aircraft that resulted in their ditching. Arland Chirst-Janer, Bombardier, went on to fly with another crew, but it is not known if any of the other survivng members of Crew 46 remained as crew and continued to fly or if a replacement crew was formed to take their crew's place flying as "Crew 46."

Mission	Date	Target	Combat Flying Hrs
1	4/14/45	Tokyo*	15:00
2	4/15/45	Kawasaki	14:50
3	4/17/45	Kanoya*	14:55
4	4/21/45	Kokubu	15:00
5	4/26/45	Fighter Escort	15:05
6	5/04/45	Oita*	17:05
7	5/14/45	Nagoya*	17:15
8	5/26/45	Tokyo	15:45
9	5/29/45	Yokohama (ditched)	9:40
Total Combat Flying Hours			134:35

* denotes the crew landing at Saipan on return
Source: Evaluation Information (Circumstances and Findings) of S/Sgt Lawrence J. Toeppe & Sgt William T. Davenport, RG

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