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They seem to have done things differently in the 301st Group down in Fogia. My father flew with about 10 different pilots to get to his 50 missions. They seem to have put the crews there together pretty haphazardly. Of course, there was a constant demand for replacements due to injuries and downings.

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My dad flew from May 1944-Sept 1944. They may have done thing differently by then. Earlier it was 25 missions. The rate of completed 25 missions was about 33% (I think).

Later it was increased to 30 missions.

I knew fighter pilots did many more sorties but I didn't know the heavies did.

Thanks for the reply.