42-50939

media-45456.jpeg UPL 45456 B-24J-5-FO #42-50939
451st BG - 727th BS - 15th AF
Written off after crash landing at Gioia de Colle Airfield on 11 Dec 1944 466th Bomb Group collection

Object Number - UPL 45456 - B-24J-5-FO #42-50939 451st BG - 727th BS - 15th AF Written off after crash landing at Gioia de Colle Airfield on 11 Dec 1944

42-50939 (727th ) Departed the USA on August 10, 1944. Made emergency landing at Vis on December 18, 1944, and returned to base the next day. On Mission #164, December 11, 1944, she sustained major damage over Munich. Lt. Wilson and crew managed to get the aircraft back to base, where most of the crew bailed out. Lt. Wilson and the Flight Engineer crash landed at the base. The aircraft was written off

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-450443) of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force releases bombs during a mission.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Castelluccio Airfield, Foggia, Italy 11 December 1944

Other

Emergency Landing

Vis, Croatia 18 December 1944 then part of Yugoslavia

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