43-4061 Ill Take You Home Again/Kathleen II
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UPL 55021
B-25J-1-NC #43-4061 "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen II" Code: 6K
340th BG - 486th BS - 12th AF
340th BG - 486th BS - 12th AF
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760099
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Advanced Landing Ground Alesanie
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other First 340th BG Combat Mission |
Orvieto, Italy | 23 April 1944 | |
Other Crash Landing |
Alesani Airfield, Corsica | 5 July 1944 | 6K flew her first mission against the Rail Yards at Orvieto, Italy on April 23, 1944. On July 5, 1944, 6K’s nose gear hydraulics failed during landing, and the nose section, engines and propellers, were damaged. Lt. Heathorn was the pilot. This was 6K’s 36th mission and the target was the Ostiglia Fuel Dump. On this mission, the formation was aggressively attacked by 8 ME 109s when the formation started its bomb run. When 6K lost her nose, she also lost the majority of her name. It was decided that after the new nose section was installed, that she would have to earn her name back by completing 100 total missions. |