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Cock O' the Sky

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.

Cock o' the Sky
Early 1945

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.  
(Compilation by Rob Kirkwood).

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

Cock o' the Sky completed its combat tour and returned to the US in July 1945.  
It was scrapped at Kingman in 1946.