42-50684 A & G Fish Shoppe
Object Number - UPL 73857 - B-24J 42-50684 "A&G Fish Shoppe" 458th BG, 755th BS.
Lead aircraft equipped with H2X. This aircraft was designated as a lead ship, and thus was placed in the 755BS where it remained throughout its time in the 458th. A total of 14 combat missions were completed in this aircraft by ten crews in five months. Radio call letter changed from D to B between 2 & 4 Nov 44. The story of the naming of this aircraft is unknown, as is the ground man that was the apparent model for the artwork. Sustained damage on the 18 Mar 45 mission to Berlin when a runaway prop came off and sliced into the right side of the nose. Landed in Belgium. No more combat missions with 458th BG. Probably transferred after repair to another unit (467th BG has been suggested along with the name SOUTHERN CLIPPER but no trace on 467th BG records seen). RZI 13 Aug 45 – Altus, OK, 21 Oct 45
Radio call letters shown as D+ and B+ on formation plans in Oct & Nov 44.
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