Sabrina III, #42-95209, 506 Sq. was built at the Ford Willow Run plant and first flown in combat by the Richard Hruby crew. Her 106 missions were an amazing record for any B-24 at a time when 15 missions were about average.
Brad Wallingford, nephew of the Bartley twins, has done considerable research on his uncles' craft. Quoting from the diary of 'Doc' Blanchard, Radio Operator, Wallingford wrote that on a mission to an airfield at Laon, France, (23 June 1945) the hydraulic system was shot out by flak, and had no brakes for landing. The two waist gunners tied their chutes to the waist guns,
to aid in stopping the plane.
Four days later the Fred Stones crew flew the plane to the marshalling yards at Creil, France. Flak hit the #3 booster pump connection to #3 gas tank, causing fuel to pour out into the slip stream. Believing the spray to be smoke, Sgt. William Strange, RW Gunner, jumped out, parachuted safely to the ground, then was captured and was a POW until May 1st.

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