42-97851 Qualified Quail
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UPL 12850
42-97851 LL-K Qualified Quail after crash landing in France near Valenciennes on 14 January 1945.
Picture taken on 15 January 1945.
Picture taken on 15 January 1945.
After mission report written by Lt. Seller.
Delivered Tulsa 15/3/44; Kearney 4/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-K] Bassingbourn 3/6/44; 72m battle damaged Cologne 14/1/45 with Wilbur Seller; force landed Denain Afd, Fr; Salvaged 28/1/45. QUALIFIED QUAIL.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-767031
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17131144
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-761845
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38538861
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19190703 / O-2065016
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Manchester Airport, New Hampshire
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Tulsa, Oklahoma, États-Unis | 14 March 1944 | Delivered to the Control and Acceptance at Tulsa Oklahoma. Officially added to the USAAF inventory on 16 March 1944. |
Delivered |
5 May 1944 | Delivered to Kearney Field, Nebraska home of the 7th Heavy Bombardment Processing Headquarters. | |
Delivered |
26 May 1944 | Ferry flight across the North Atlantic to England. | |
Assigned |
3 June 1944 | Assigned to the 91st Bomb Group / 401st Bomb Squadron | |
Other Emergency landing |
14 January 1945 | Crash landing near Denain, France after severe damage sustained over Cologne, Germany. | |
Manufactured |
Burbank, Californie, États-Unis | Production in March 1944 at the Lockheed Burbank plant in California, USA. | |
Delivered |
Flown from Kearney Field to Grenier Field, New Hampshire. |
Revisions
ContributorPat Flyer
Changes
Sources
Documents collected from veterans while writing the book "B-17G Qualified Quail - I'll Bring Them Back"