42-94913 Pregnant Peggy
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UPL 47590
B-24 42-94913 'Pregnant Peggy' 844BS, 489BG
Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Lost control due to prop wash from lead aircraft and pancaked onto B-24 42-94903 'Bomber's Moon', both A/C fell out of the sky. Two crew from each ship parachuted and were POWs until the end of the war. MACR 9636.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33638093
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 845th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33205104
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Bombardier; Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36656922
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bomber's Moon
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Mainz, Germany | 19 October 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Lost control due to propwash from lead aircraft and pancaked onto B-24 42-94903 'Bomber's Moon', both A/C fell out of the sky. Two crew from each ship parachuted and were POWs until the end of the war. MACR 9636. |
Manufactured |
Ypsilanti, MI, USA | Built at Consolidated. | |
Delivered |
Willow Run Airport, 801 Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, MI 48198, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
Assigned |
Halesworth IP19, UK | Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. |