43-38267 Maximum Effort

media-22974.jpeg UPL 22974 B-17G-80-BO #43-38267 Maximum Effort Code: IN-M
401st BG - 613th BS

Object Number - UPL 22974 - B-17G-80-BO #43-38267 Maximum Effort Code: IN-M 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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Missions

  • Date: 28 September 1944
  • Date: 26 September 1944
  • Date: 22 September 1944
  • Date: 19 September 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

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.

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
page 244

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ContributorRWOLIVER
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401bg.org

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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