Leon L DelGrande
Military
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UPL 15661
Turnip Termite, B24H 41-29418: Original noseart by Clayton Hutsell 486th BG 835th SQ 8thAAF. The aircraft was transferred from the 486th to the 44th on 17 April 1944. and renamed Pappy's Chillun. It crashed in the 21st of April, with the loss of all crew except the pilot and co-pilot.
Personal account by Clayton Hutsell: http://www.486th.org/BS835/Munroe4.htm
http://forum.armyairforces.com/quotTurnip-TermitequotquotPappy39s-Chill…
Joined Sqd 3/14/44. Ship exploded 4/21/44. Trans/93 BG 5/31/44. Completed tour 11/10/44. Pilot: Havens.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Turnip Termite, Pappy's Chillun
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to A/C #41-29418 listed on the plaque photo attached to the pilot Forrest Havens.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd