Page History: 42-97872 IW-A Rosie's Sweat Box
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Recorded Missions
1st Mission
Munich - 07/11/1944
Rosie’s Sweat Box first mission took place on the 11th July 1944 and the target was the railroad marshalling yards and depot in Munich. This was to be the 17th mission for pilot 1st Lt. Woodville G. Rozzell and his crew and the first of three missions to Munich which they completed together as a crew. During this 1st mission Rosie's Sweat Box held a position in the High Box formation – A Wing. Although flak over the target was intense, it was inaccurate, and none of the Group suffered battle damage.
Further Missions
Throughout her further 24 combat missions, Rosie’s Sweat Box was manned by eleven different crews undertaking raids in Germany, France and Belgium. On her
4th mission to the German rocket manufacturing facilities at
Peenemunde on 18th July 1944. Col. Rogener as Air Commander, led the entire 1st Air Division, providing the Lead and Low Boxes of the 94th Combat Wing "A" formation. Within this Rosie's Sweat Box, 2nd Lt. McClung, acted as lead navigator within the Low Box Formation. The weather was clear and, as a result, visual bombing resulted in excellent results. Following the
9th mission to the synthetic oil production facilities at
Merseburg on the 29th July 1944, bombardier Sgt Kilgour reported a problem with the bomb release. It was also reported that the aeroplane had suffered flak damage to the right wing and tail section on the
10th mission to
Strasbourg . Although no enemy aircraft were reported, and no flak was encountered over the target, the Group experienced some flak over Aachen on the return; seven ships received battle damage, one of them major.