43-38267 Maximum Effort
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UPL 22974
B-17G-80-BO #43-38267 Maximum Effort Code: IN-M
401st BG - 613th BS
401st BG - 613th BS
Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Hunter 25/7/44; Dow Fd 7/8/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-M] Deenethorpe 25/8/44; Salvaged 30/11/44. MAXIMUM EFFORT.
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- Date: 28 September 1944
- Date: 27 September 1944
- Date: 26 September 1944
- Date: 22 September 1944
- Date: 19 September 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 14 July 1944 | |
Assigned |
Deenethorpe, Corby NN17, UK | 25 August 1944 | 401BG 613BS |
Other First 401st BG Combat Mission |
Berlin, Germany | 27 August 1944 | Russell P. Lockhart Crew |
Other 29th & Final 401st BG Combat Mission |
Merseburg, Germany | 25 November 1944 | Herbert P. Cox Crew |
Crashed |
Deenethorpe, Corby NN17, UK | 28 November 1944 | Crashed on landing during a night flying practice mission. Scrapped. Crash crews and fire truck immediately dispatched. The pilot apparently landed too high and the landing gear collapsed. The aircraft touched down about 75 yards from the downwind end of runway 23 and came to rest to the right of the runway about 300 yards from the end. |
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