 "Flak-Bait" was assigned to the 449th Bombardment Squadron, 322d Bombardment Group stationed in eastern England.During the course of its 202 (207 if one includes its five decoy missions) bombing missions over Germany as well as the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, "Flak-Bait" lived up to its name by being shot with over 1,000 holes, returned twice on one engine (once with the disabled engine on fire), lost its electrical system once and its hydraulic system twice, and participated in bombing missions in support of the Normandy Landings and the Battle of the Bulge.On March 18, 1946, Major John Egan and Captain Norman Schloesser flew "Flak-Bait" one last time, to an air depot at Oberpfaffenhofen in Bavaria.