42-50939
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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
451st BG - 727th BS - 15th AF
Written off after crash landing at Gioia de Colle Airfield on 11 Dec 1944 466th Bomb Group collection
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Castelluccio Airfield, Foggia, Italy | 11 December 1944 | |
Other Emergency Landing |
Vis, Croatia | 18 December 1944 | then part of Yugoslavia |
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