Missions flown by the Bond Crew

• March 29, 1944, 8th AF Operation 284 - 381st Mission number 88. Targets: Brunswick, Germany, Crossbow Installation, and Targets of Opportunity. 193 B-17's, including the Bond crew, bombed industrial targets in the Brunswick area using the Pathfinder technique. Pathfinders were special Radar equipped aircraft which allowed the Allies to bomb in bad weather.
  
  
• April 8, 1944, 8th AF Operation 291 - 381st Mission number 89. Targets: Brunswick, Germany, Airfields in Germany, Targets of Opportunity. The Bond crew was part of Force II attacking airfields. 59 B-17s attacked the Oldenburg Airfield - an operational base for single-engine fighters. Notably, the crew was forced to complete a belly landing back at Ridgewell after an electrical failure on the return leg of the mission.
  
  
• April 10, 1944, 8th AF Operation 295 - 381st Mission number 90. Targets: Airfields and Aircraft, Factories in Belgium and France, Crossbow Installation. The Bond crew was part of 212 B-17's that attacked three aircraft works and airfield sites in the Brussels area.
  
  
• April 18, 1944, 8th AF Operation 306 - 381st Mission number 93. Target: the Heinekel Bomber aircraft components works at Oranienburg, Germany. No further details pending arrival of the Tactical Mission Summary.
  
  
• April 19, 1944, 8th AF Operation 308 - 381st Mission number 94. Targets: Kassel, Germany, Airfields in Germany, Targets of Opportunity, Crossbow Installation, Batten. The Bond crew was part of 56 B-17's of Force I that attacked the Eschwege Airfield. On this mission, the crew was shot down. Seven men, including Ed Brumback, were killed from the Bond crew. Co-pilot Wilbur Mason and the Engineer/Top Turret gunner Neal Clyman survived. Four other B-17's were shot down from the same formation and were the only Bomber losses of Operation 308.