42-29651 Stella
Object Number - UPL 28317
Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Brookley 3/3/43; Morrison 9/3/43; Assigned Harris Prov. Gp, en route from Marrakech to St Eval, Cornwall, UK 7/4/43 force landed Lytchett Minster, near Poole, Dorset, low on gas with Talmadge Wilson, Co-pilot: M.Berg, Navigator: Granville Williams, Bombardier: Bob Sherwin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: T.R. Cetnarowski, Radio Operator: A.H. Schatz, pass: E.J.Bayer, Art Burns, C.E. Vondrachek, M.A. LaSota, C.Silver, Lt L.R. Kisamore (12 Returned to Duty); aircraft stripped to lighten and flew out OK; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-G] Grafton Underwood 27/6/43; then [SU-K/G]; transferred 2 Base Air Depot, Lt Staughton 4/4/44; Returned to the USA 5/6/44; Tinker 3/7/44; Homestead 8/7/44; Patterson 15/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 17/8/45. STELLA MARIS.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798297
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676530
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39606925
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-675567
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 27 March 1944
- Date: 21 February 1944
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 21 January 1944
- Date: 14 January 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY | 26 January 1943 - 26 January 1943 | |
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Other Force Landed |
Lychett Minster, UK | 7 April 1943 - 7 April 1943 | |
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Manufactured |
Grafton Underwood Airfield, UK | 27 June 1943 - 27 June 0943 | |
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Other Force Landed |
Deanland, UK | 6 September 1943 - 6 September 1943 | Low on fuel returning from mission |
|
Other Force Landed |
Great Ashfield Airfield, UK | 14 October 1943 - 14 October 1943 | Runaway supercharger on #2 engine. Jettisoned bombs. |
|
Other Force Landed |
RAF Thorney Island | 31 December 1943 - 31 December 1943 | Completed mission. Low on fuel |
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Other Force Landed |
Metfield Airfield, UK | 21 February 1944 - 21 February 1944 | Technical problem caused turnback. Bombed TOA. |
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Assigned |
Little Staughton Airfield, UK | 4 April 1944 - 4 April 1944 | 2BAD |
