42-5739 Lufkin Ruffian : Dixie Jane
Dixie Jane of 384th BG, Aug -Oct, 1943.
FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945, JAN 15-17, 2021; MARC POOLE w/ MARCHESE.
Object Number - UPL 47021 - YB-40 (first batch) 42-5739 Dixie Jane of 384th BG, Aug -Oct, 1943.
(YB-40) Delivered Tulsa 6/11/42; Biggs 15/3/43; Montbrook 1/4/43; Presque Is 30/4/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-J] Alconbury 4/5/43; transferred 427BS/303BG [GN-J] Molesworth 16/7/43; 545BS/384BG [JD-P] Grafton Underwood 28/8/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 12/10/43; Returned to the USA 3/11/44; 3036 BU Yuma 4/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 18/5/45. LUFKIN RUFFIAN.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Base Air Depot Area (BADA) : 1st Base Air Depot (1 BAD)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
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Flying Fortress 1936 1945
Jan 15th 2021 Marc Poole with Phil Marchese.
