42-31473 My Baby
301st BG
99th BG
2nd BG
Delivered Cheyenne 5/11/43; Gt Falls 10/11/43; Gr Island 26/11/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Tortorella 31/12/43 (first G in sqd); 29m transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; Missing in Action (95m) Moravska Ostrova, Czech. 29/8/44 with Bob McCloskey, Navigator: Willard Netzley, Bombardier: John Curran, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Jones (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Harry Helveston(died next day in German hospital), Bombardier: John Curran, Radio Operator: Edwin Everett, Ball turret gunner: Luther Durrette, Waist gunner: Chas Munden, Waist gunner: Harry Schirmer,Tail gunner: Elmer Pruitt (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Bohmen, Czech; Missing Air Crew Report 8109. MY BABY.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Cheyenne Modification Center, Cheyenne, Wyoming | 5 November 1943 | |
Assigned |
Tortorella, Italy | 31 December 1943 | 99 BG 347 BS |
Other Transferred |
Amendola Airfield, Italy | 28 March 1944 | 2 BG 20 BS |
Manufactured |
Bohmen, Czech Republic |