Last completed combat mission on 7th June1944 as "Patches II", was also part of the mission on 16th June 1944 but had to abort the mission and return to base early.

At this point the airframe was declared war weary. The aircraft was repainted in the now famous white / blue spots and used therefter as the Group assembly ship, and also for weather duties.

Research courtesy of Keith Andrews on behalf of 384th Bombardment Group Museum

With kind thanks to the 384th Bomb Group website (384thbombgroup.com) for permission in using material from their records in the making of this story. It holds a wealth of information, documents and photographs of their activities during World War 2.