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Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/44; Kearney 19/2/44; Grenier 1/3/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 12/3/44; pilot landed at Bovington on engineering flight from Rattlesden 7/7/44 with Dan Heinrich, Co-pilot: Russ O’Neal, Navigator: Dave Ellis, Bombardier: Lew rowlands, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Lonigan, Radio Operator: Franklin Vessells, pass: Sgt A. Alonzo, (7 Returned to Duty); crash landed base, ran off runway and right u/c collapsed; Salvaged.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield