42-96279 Dixie Hurricane
Personal collection
Object Number - UPL 26827 - "Dixie Hurricane", 42-96279, ER-Q
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Mid air collision with 43-34132 'Patricia Ann' near Cologne Germany, damaged right prop; Pilot Lt Albert E Bierman, 31-Dec-44. 42-96279 “Dixie Hurricane”, pilot Capt Stan Lyman, was damaged from the prop of “Patricia Ann” receiving an eight inch wide, seven foot long cut into the left wing tip.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reveiwed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379976.jpg.webp?itok=h9RDoVED)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
Events
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Damaged |
31 December 1944 | Mid air collision with 43-34132 'Patricia Ann' near Cologne, Germany, damaged right prop, pilot Lt Albert E Bierman, 31-Dec-44. B-26F 42-96279 - 450BS 322BG 9AF. | |
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Manufactured |
Built at Martins. | ||
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Delivered |
Delivered to USAAF. | ||
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Assigned |
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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ContributorMarauder1954
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Sources
Eye witness account, published in book “The Flying Prostitute”.
ContributorMarauder1954
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Sources
Personal papers, photographs and news clipping; eye witness account documented in published book , “The Flying Prostitute”.
ContributorAl_Skiff
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