44-40168 Tequila Daisy

Tequila Daisy UPL 70943 UPL 70943 B-24 44-40168 'Tequila Daisy'
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Object Number - UPL 70943 - B-24 44-40168 'Tequila Daisy'

Assigned to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x missions. INT

11-Jul-44: Lost with Tracey Crew 715 on mission to bomb railway Munich, Germany. Damaged by flak, they headed for and landed at Dübendorf, Switzerland where nose wheel collapsed. 9 x interned in Switzerland, MACR 6934

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17088463
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Dübendorf, Switzerland 11 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Munich, GermanyLanded at Dübendorf, Switzerland.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the "Summary biography" sections of several crew including pilot “John Tracey”.

Date
ContributorAAM
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MACR 6934 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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