42-7491 Pregnant Peg
Object Number - UPL 50249 - B-24 42-7491 'Pregnant Peg', 577BS, 392BG
Assigned to 577BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Emergency Landing 14-Dec-43 Near Watton, Norfolk. Repaired at Watton. Re-assigned to 578BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF.
"It Couldn't Be Done" -- So they said but Major Allen Russell, operations chief of the Ferry and Transport Service with U.S.A.A.S.C., confounded experts when he flew the crash-landed Liberator PREGNANT PEG out of a ploughed field sticky with mud. His crew chief, T/Sgt Cecil F. Grove of Waverly, MO., sat beside him as he took the plane off a dangerously-short improvised runway.
Last seen on take-off and most likely crashed into the North Sea on a mission to Oranienburg, Germany on 3-Mar-44. MACR 2800
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19124078
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-444761
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13036765
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19073268 / O-743210
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32362084
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
North Sea | 3 March 1944 | Last seen on take-off and most likely crashed into the North Sea on a mission to Oranienburg, Germany on 3-Mar-44. MACR 2800 |