USAAF. People and Aircraft.
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Poltava, 2 June 1944 |
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Flying Fortress |
B-17G 2102918 |
Boeing B-17G 2102918, Idiot's Delight, of the 342nd Bomb Squadron on 2 June 1944. It fell to flak at Munich on 19 July 1944. |
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Bradley, May 1945 |
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Flying Fortress |
B-17G-65-BO 43-37509 |
SONGOON RITA, a B-17G-65-BO (43-37509), was a veteran of 81 bomb missions and five supply missions before war's end is at Bradley Field, Connecticut in May of 1945. |
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Molesworth 25 January 1943 |
303 360 |
Flying Fortress |
B-17F 124559/PU:C |
Boeing B-17F 124559/PU:C, 'Ooold Soljer', of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, on 25 January 1943. While flown by another crew it was involved in a collision with another B-17 while assembling a formation on 31 March 1943, crashing near Wellingborough. |
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Monfalcone 16 March 1945 |
37 |
Liberator |
B-24 KK320/ V |
Liberator B-24 KK320/ V of No 37 Squadron over Monfalcone port on 16 March 1945. Despite the damage, Saxby managed to regain control and fly the aircraft the near-300 miles back to home station at Tortorella. |
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15 October 1944 |
398 |
Flying Fortress |
B-17G-80BO 43-38172 |
B-17G-80BO 43-38172 8 th AF 398th BG 601st BS damaged on a bombing mission over Cologne. Germany, on 15 October 1944 |
S/Sgt. George E. Abbott KIA |
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30 October 1935 |
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Boeing 299 |
NX 13372 |
Crashed Model 299. The crew forgot to disengage the airplane's gust lock. Having taken off, the aircraft entered a steep climb, stalled, nosed over and crashed. |
Major Ployer Peter Hill and Les Tower were killed |
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Hickam Field 7 December 1941 |
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Flying Fortress |
B-17C 40-2074 |
B-17C AAF S/N 40-2074 at Hickam Field. An onboard fire burnt the plane in two shortly after landing on 7 December 1941. |
One crewman was killed |
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10 April 1945 |
464th BG |
Stevonovitch II |
B-24L AAF Ser.No. 44-49710 |
B-24L Stevonovitch II (AAF Ser. No. 44-49710) of the 464th BG, hit by 2 cm FlaK 30 while supporting ground troops near Lugo, Italy, 10 April 1945. Colonel James Gilson, commanding officer of the 779th BS and nine others were killed; one waist gunner was thrown clear and survived.
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James Gilson and nine others KIA |
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448th BG |
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B-24M Ser.No. 44-50838 |
B-24M of the 448th Bombardment Group, serial number 44-50838, downed by a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.
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15 April 1944 |
483 |
B-17F |
B-17F 25786 |
Boeing B-17F 25786 Whizzer II, of the 483rd Bomb Group took a direct flak hit between Nos 3 and 4 engines on 15 April 1944. The main fuel tanks took fire as the wing folded back, all in fractions of a second. All the crew members perished. |
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* KIA - killed in action.
POW - prisoner of war.
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