42-3111 - The Brass Rail

Number: 42-3111
Name: The Brass Rail
Model: B-17F
Missions count: 6

This aircraft was used in the Aphrodite Project. It was stripped down, then loaded with 20,000 pounds of bombs. It was flown to the English coast where the pilot and A.F.C.E. specialist parachuted out then the plane was directed via radio controls to a German target where the plane would crash to detonate the explosives.

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Missions

	Mission	Crew	Status	Call Sign	Squadron
Crew members	05/13/1943 St. Omer (France)	J.W. Johnson	Sortie	T	335
Crew members	05/14/1943 Antwerp (Belgium)	J.W. Johnson	Sortie	T	335
Crew members	05/15/1943 Emden (Germany)	D.M. Eastling	Sortie	T	412
Crew members	05/21/1943 Emden (Germany)	J.W. Johnson	Sortie	T	335
Crew members	05/29/1943 Rennes (France)	J.W. Johnson	Sortie	T	335
Crew members	06/11/1943 Wilhelmshaven (Germany)	J.W. Johnson	Sortie	T	335