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Landing Accident - RAF Warton - Minor damage - Peter D Dustman (pilot), 21/9/44. Take off accident. RAF Watton - Substantial damage - Morton M Hunt (pilot), 23/3/45. Struck Off Charge 25/07/1946.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13077989 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Manufactured |
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK | 24 March 1944 | Hatfield Built, contract number 555/C.23(a), between 24-3-1944 and 31-12-1944 |
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Crashed |
Warton, Warton Aerodrome, Warton, Preston, Lancashire PR4, UK | 21 September 1944 | Minor damage - Landing Accident - RAF Warton - Peter D Dustman (pilot). |
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Crashed |
Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK | 23 March 1945 | Substantial damage - take off accident. RAF Watton - Morton M Hunt (pilot). |
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Other Struck Off Charge |
25 July 1946 | Struck Off Charge 25/07/1946. |
Revisions
ContributorEmily
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Sources
Moved information added by user Wattonman from biography to source message.
Accident photo of Joker Mosquito appears on page 183, Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publishers Ltd. 2011.
ContributorWattonman
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Sources
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publishers Ltd. 2011.
ContributorWattonman
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Sources
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers Ltd. 2011.