42-40774 Heaven Can Wait

Damaged in a Mid-Air-Collision on 25 June 1943 with B-24 42-40687 while on a training mission

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-797029
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
media-37665.pdf (48.32 KB) Document 37665 Cecil D. Stout, probably taken on or about Dec. 12, 1942, in Albuquerque, N.M., when he was awarded his bombardier's wings and commissioning as a second lieutenant.

Associated Cecil Stout

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734 759
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: I for Item
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Assigned

17 June 1943

Crashed

Seething 25 June 1943

Manufactured

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Sources

Information provided by Ray Stout, who has a copy of the accident report for this aircraft

http://warbirds.wikia.com/wiki/B-24D_42-40774_(Heaven_Can_Wait)

Some of the information about this aircraft was wrongly associated to B-24 42-40744