42-97395 Chute The Works

media-52748.jpeg UPL 52748 AC # 42-97395 'Chute the Works'. 614th BS, 401st BG

Object Number - UPL 52748 - AC # 42-97395 'Chute the Works'. 614th BS, 401st BG

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/44; Kearney 17/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-F] Deenethorpe 16/4/44; mechanical fault, with Dave Stauffer, caused fire and burnt out at RAF Saltby 25/43/45; 111m, Salvaged 2 SAD 25/3/45. CHUTE THE WORKS.

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  • Date: 14 February 1945
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  • Date: 10 February 1945
Ground crew attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Baby Jo" of the 357th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ' Lt Noel Breen ran out of fuel 9 Feb '45.'
  • Date: 9 February 1945
  • Date: 3 February 1945
  • Date: 29 January 1945

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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