Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Hunter 17/5/44; Grenier 1/6/44; 16 STA Grenier 3/6/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-N] Podington 12/6/44; 327BS; battle damage 13/6/44 with Lts Davidson & Ross;; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45. I'LL GET BY.

 

Info from Joe Baugher's USAAF database

United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 28 Apr 44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17 May 44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1 Jun 44. 16th STA, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 3 Jun 44. 

325th Bomb Squadron [NV*N], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 12 Jun 44. Named "I'll Get By", a 1944 recording by Harry James and his orchestra, sung by Dick Haymes. 

Damaged in collision with B-17G 42-97121 taxying at Podington 13 Jul 44. 327th Bomb Squadron. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France.

 

Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15 Jun 45 to 10 Sep 45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug 45. Salvaged 10 Dec 45