UPL 51403
IMAGEB-24H-5-FO (42-7733) “LAKI-NUKI”. On a flight from Marrakech, North Africa to England bad weather led to an attempt to land at a German-held airfield in the Brest Peninsula of France. The aircraft received severe damage from enemy flak. The aircraft was landed at Preddannack, Cornwall but was destroyed.
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: “laki-nuki”
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron