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Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Denver 2/3/44; 1SAG Langley 3/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 22/7/44; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 2/8/44; battle damaged Merseburg 11/9/44 with Neil Holbrook (92BG), Co-pilot: Major Jack Griffin (92BG-wia), rn-Capt R.E. Hansen, Navigator: Capt J.E. Glover, xn-G.C.Kubler, Bombardier: D.W.Sorensen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: R.W. Palmer, Radio Operator: J.O.Connor,Tail gunner: Lt J.R. Routh (9 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: John Mortimer (Killed in Action); crash landed Nully, E of Troyes, France. Salvaged 14/11/44.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Bomb Division 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-691988
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-436510
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661622
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-755564
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32876390
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford