44-6542
Delivered Hunter 4/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 3/10/44; [?ditched Adriatic Sea with Dale Gold 18/12/44?]; severe battle damaged Maribor 1/4/45 with W.B. Cope; three engines out, landed Prakos, Yugo (crew ret in C-47); aircraft repaired and flew back to base; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 6/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Savannah, GA | 4 September 1944 | Hunter AAF |
Assigned |
Amendola, Italy | 3 October 1944 | |
Other Force Landed |
Prkos, Croatia | 1 April 1945 |