42-98000 Fightin' Hebe
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Object Number - UPL 14029 - 42-98000 SU-J, FIGHTIN' HEBE, Shot down on mission #787 to Kyllburg, Germany. The aircraft flew 54 combat missions.
Delivered Dallas 27/4/44; Hunter 7/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-J] Grafton Underwood 15/7/44; on mission 27/9/44 with Raymond Gabel (8 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Rich Lovegren (Killed in Action); Missing in Action Kyllburg, Ger 8/1/45 with John DeFrancesco, Bob Simmons, Lynwood Spann, Homer Lott, John Williams, Ira Bias, Chas Doleshal, Gordon Reed (8 Prisoner of War); Harmon Hastings (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Rochefort, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 11579. FIGHTIN' HEBE.
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 27 September 1944 | |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 January 1945 |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11579 / MACR 15221 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database