42-31187 Buckeye Boomerang
B. Pulliam Photo Joe Harlick Collection
Object Number - UPL 50930 - Buckeye Boomerang, 42-31187 LL-F/K, 401st BS, 91st BG, crash landing in a field B. Pulliam Photo
Delivered Cheyenne 30/9/43; Gt Falls 14/10/43; Bowman 18/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 16/11/43; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-F] Bassingbourn 20/11/43; battle damaged Oschersleben 10m 11/1/44 with John Davis, limped back to England and force landed Deopham Green (452BG), UK.
Detailed to return to Bassingbourn 4/3/44 with Capt Don Garrett, Co-pilot: Gilbert Falk, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Perkins, Radio Operator: Ron Cannon, pass- John Moran (5 Returned to Duty); after repair crash landed Bunbury Farm, Swaffham Prior, about a mile SW of RAF Newmarket, UK. Salvaged. BUCKEYE BOOMERANG.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Inspector; Ground Crew
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Landed after sustaining battle damage |
Deopham Green, Wymondham NR18 9DG, UK | 20 November 1943 | |
|
Crashed |
Swaffham Prior, Cambridge CB25, UK | 4 March 1944 |
