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Boeing B-17G-1-BO Fortress 42-31113 (96th BG, 339th BS, "Zilch") collided in midair with 42-30872 on the 16th of December 1943 and crashed into North Sea W of Terschelling, Holland.

 

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Boeing B-17G-5-BO Fortress 42-31213 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Pistol Packin' Mama") lost on the 30th of May 1944.

 

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Boeing B-17G-10-BO Fortress 42-31313 delivered Cheyenne on the 18th of October 1943; Las Vegas on the 27th of October 1943; Force landed March Fd, Ca on the 23rd of December 1943; 3021 BU Las Vegas on the 10th of September 1944; 2126 BU Laredo on the 19th of April 1945; to RFC at Walnut Ridge on the 10th of January 1946.

 

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Boeing B-17G-20-BO Fortress 42-31513 delivered Denver on the 15th of November 1943; Ogden on the 18th of November 1943; Gr Island on the 10th of December 1943; assigned to 323BS/91BG (OR-S) Bassingbourn on the 24th of February 1944; ( 91st BG 323rd BS) caught fire after landing at Bassingbourn on non-operational mission and was destroyed on the 5th of April 1944.

 

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Boeing B-17G-20-BO Fortress 42-31613 delivered Cheyenne on the 28th of November 1943; Billings on the 29th of November 1943; Wendover on the 10th of December 1943; assigned to 749BS/457BG Glatton on the 27th of January 1944; transferred to 325BS/92BG (NV-N) Horham on the 11th of March 1944; on return from mission on the 19th of April 1944 undercarriage failed and crash landed Podington; Salvaged on the 20th of April 1944. SHARON KAY.

 

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Boeing B-17G-25-BO Fortress 42-31713 delivered Cheyenne on the 10th of December 1942. Missoula on the 13th of December 1943, Cheyenne on the 15th of December 1943. Greater Island on the 27th of December 1943, Detroid on the 25th of January 1944, Grenier on the 26th of January 1944. Assigned to 327th BS, 92nd BG, "Snake Hips" at Podington on the 11th of February 1944.
Damaged by AAA Merseburg on the 24th of August 1944, force landed RAF Woodrigge.
Salvaged on the 25th of August 25, 1944.

 

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Boeing B-17G-30-BO Fortress 42-31813 (463rd BG, 774th BS, "Hershey Wolves") damaged by flak and crashed near Varazdin, Vienna on the 8th of June 1944.

 

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Boeing B-17G-35-BO Fortress 42-32013 (99th BG, 347th BS) lost over Austria on the 2nd of April 1944.

 

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Boeing B-17G-35-BO Fortress 42-32113 (306th BG, 368th BS) lost on the 24th of May1944.

 

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Lockheed C-60A Lodestar 42-32213 (MSN 18-2347) to NC58492, to NC1201/N1201, to N40DC.
Converted Howard 250 on the 16th of September 1963.
To N442D, cancelled on the 11th of March 2013.

 

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North American B-25C-15 Mitchell 42-32513 to RAF as Mitchell II FR168 for service with Dutch No 320 Sq in UK.
Transferred to Royal Netherlands Navy on the 22nd of July 1947 as R-1. R
eserialled as M-1; reserialled as B-1; wfu on the 6th of February 1954, SOC on the 6th of February 1954.

 

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Douglas C-47-DL 42-32813 (MSN 9039) to US Navy as R4D-1 BuNo 37669 on the 6th of February 1943.

 

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Douglas C-47-DL 42-32913 (MSN 9139) to USAAF on the 2nd of March 1943 - Oran, Algeria on the 12th of May 1943.
14th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Twelfth Air Force, Kairouan, Tunisia, on the 21st of June 1943.
Damaged taxying 80 miles east of Telergma, Algeria, on the 29th of June 1943.
Licata, Sicily, on the 1st of September 1943. Sciacca, Sicily, on the 6th of October 1943.
Ferried to England departing Sciacca on the 12th of February 1944. Routed via El Aounia, Tunis, Tunisia; Anfa Field, Casablanca, French Morocco; St Mawgan, Newquay, Cornwall; Barkston Heath (Station 483) on the 18th of February 1944.
Ninth Air Force. Transported paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone near Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France, on Mission 'Boston' on the 6th of June 1944.
During a 14th TCS night formation flight on the 7th of January 1945, the radio operator parachuted from the aircraft for no apparent reason. His body was found on the ground the next day with no parachute attached – and the parachute later found separately 4½ miles away opened [1KIS].
Returned to USA on the 25th of July 1945 - stored on the 28th of July 1945 - To RFC on the 8th of November 1945.
To civil registry as NC54731, C-117 (Avianca in August 1946).
Reregistred HK-117 1949, converted to Hyper DC-3 and cancelled 1963.
NLR.

 

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Douglas A-20C-1-DO Havoc 42-32968 to RAF as Boston IIIA BZ213. Crashed in sea while laying smokescreen off Le Havre, France, on the 6th of June 1944.

 

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Douglas A-20C-1-DO Havoc 42-33013 to RAF as Boston IIIA BZ258. SOC on the 21st of February 1946.

 

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Douglas A-20C-5-DO Havoc 42-33068 to RAF as Boston IIIA BZ313. Wrecked when undercarriage collapsed on landing at Great Massingham, England, on the 31st of August 1943.

 

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Douglas A-20C-5-DO Havoc 42-33113 to RAF as Boston IIIA BZ358. Missing from night intruder mission over Normandy on the 30th of July 1944.

 

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Douglas A-20C-10-DO Havoc 42-33213 W/O on the 28th of February 1943 in Caribbean Sea.

 

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Douglas A-20C-10-DO Havoc 42-33313 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks. RAF serial (if ever allocated) is unknown.

 

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Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-15-DL Fortress 42-37813 (301st BG, 32nd BS) downed by enemy aircraft on mission to Ploesti on the 23rd of June 1944. May have made safe landing in enemy territory.
7 of 10 aboard survived.