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Delivered Denver 10/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 7/6/44; detailed Stuttgart 13/9/44 with Chas Lamont, Co-pilot: Billy Hinson, Navigator: Jim Pillsbury, tog-Hazen Whittier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Barnett, Ball turret gunner: Bill Pipes, Waist gunner: J.J. Toomey,Tail gunner: Bob Thomas (8 Returned to Duty); Radio Operator: Joe Sturdivant (Killed in Action); on return fire broke out in landing gear, abandoned over West Suffolk, crashed near Kentford, Bury St Edmunds; Salvaged (rep with rear end of DOZY DOATS), became HALF AND HALF.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-705128
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-722357
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 3312850
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
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- Site type: Airfield