44-8452

media-48187.jpeg UPL 48187 44-8452 493rd BG 861st BS 493rd Bomb Group collection

493rd BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 48187 - 44-8452 493rd BG 861st BS

Delivered Dallas 17/9/44; Hunter 26/9/44; Grenier 28/10/44; Assigned 493BG Debach 30/10/44; transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-V] Thorpe Abbotts 1/11/44; in base taxi accident with Merlin Larson 29/6/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/1/46.



Served as lead (Pathfinder) aircraft with the 493rd BG. 27 missions flown from 23rd December 1944 to 18th April 1945. Flew on 6 x Operation Chowhound food drops over Holland and 1 x Revival mission to Horsching, Austria.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Revisions

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ContributorDarren Jelley
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493rd BG Archives

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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