42-40774 Heaven Can Wait
Damaged in a Mid-Air-Collision on 25 June 1943 with B-24 42-40687 while on a training mission
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797029
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Document 37665
Cecil D. Stout, probably taken on or about Dec. 12, 1942, in Albuquerque, N.M., when he was awarded his bombardier's wings and commissioning as a second lieutenant.
Associated Cecil Stout
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734 759
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: I for Item
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Assigned |
17 June 1943 | ||
Crashed |
Seething | 25 June 1943 | |
Manufactured |
Revisions
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources
Information provided by Ray Stout, who has a copy of the accident report for this aircraft
http://warbirds.wikia.com/wiki/B-24D_42-40774_(Heaven_Can_Wait)
Some of the information about this aircraft was wrongly associated to B-24 42-40744