44-8452
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UPL 48187
44-8452 493rd BG 861st BS
493rd Bomb Group collection
493rd BG Archives
Delivered Dallas 17/9/44; Hunter 26/9/44; Grenier 28/10/44; Assigned 493BG Debach 30/10/44; transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-V] Thorpe Abbotts 1/11/44; in base taxi accident with Merlin Larson 29/6/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/1/46.
Served as lead (Pathfinder) aircraft with the 493rd BG. 27 missions flown from 23rd December 1944 to 18th April 1945. Flew on 6 x Operation Chowhound food drops over Holland and 1 x Revival mission to Horsching, Austria.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield