43-30652 Whiskey Seven

media-37512.jpeg UPL 37512 43-30652 as operated by the National Warplane Museum, Geneseo NY USA.

Associated aircraft

Object Number - UPL 37512 - 43-30652 as operated by the National Warplane Museum, Geneseo NY USA.

30652 (MSN 13803) to USAAF 23Sep43. Operated with 37th TCS, 316th TCG. Operated with 12th AF in Mediterranean before joining the 9th AF in UK. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron [W7*D], 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489). Transported paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion to a drop zone near Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Boston’ 6Jun44. Returned to USA Jul 22, 1945. To RFC Oct 22, 1945. To Penn Central Airlines as NC65135, Summit Airways 19476. Challenger Airlines Jan 1947. then to Frontier Airlines "Sunliner Montana" in Dec 1949 as N65135. Miami Aviation Corp Mar 9, 1965.

Apr 27, 1965 it went to Canada as CF-RTB with Eastern Provincial Airways. A few more changes of hands and in Aug 1987 it was registered as C-FRTB with Skycraft Air Transport. Aircraft now registered to the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group

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Units served with

People

Wilbur E Evans

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 316th Troop Carrier Group 37th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief

Leonard C Fletcher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 316th Troop Carrier Group 37th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Warren D Rayburn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 316th Troop Carrier Group 37th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Maurice E Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 316th Troop Carrier Group 37th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Frank B Waters

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 316th Troop Carrier Group 37th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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D-Day

Sainte Mere-Eglise, France 6 June 1944 Transported paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion to a drop zone near Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Boston’ 6Jun44.

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html

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Sources

"Valor Without Arms" , A History of the 316th Troop Carrier Group, 1942-1945, by Michael N. Ingrisano Jr.

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