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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  • Date: 6 June 1944
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  • Date: 4 June 1944
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Failed to Return (FTR)

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

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

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

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