42-102659 Hard Seventeen, Hard Luck
Object Number - UPL 25627 - 42-102659 Hard Seventeen
Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 16/5/44; transferred 614BS/401BG [IW-J] Deenethorpe 30/5/44; Salvaged 10/1/45.
Lost two engines over the target (presumably from flak) and force-landed at Grimbergen, Belgium. Scrapped.
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