42-109799 Salt Lake Katie
Fixed typo on S/N in my caption and added Lt. Andrews full name.
Details of acceptance and delivery from diary of William H. Nabors, Tail Gunner on Lt. James R. Perry Jr. crew:
August (no date recorded) 1943, took delivery Herrington, Kansas.
Sept. 1, 1943 in New York starting trip overseas.
Sept. 7th - 15th Bangor, Maine to fix leaking gas tanks.
Sept. 15th - 17th: in Greenland with bad weather: 120 mph winds.
Sept. 17th - 21st In Iceland with a sick navigator.
Sept. 21st-22nd: reported at Nutts Corner RAF, Ireland.
Sept. 22nd-27th: in Scotland waiting for assignment.
Sept. 27th, 1943: in England, crew assigned to 44th B.G. 67th Squadron. (RAF Shipdham)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 98th Bomb Group 415th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner, B-24