 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Manufacturing Data |
| Serial Number |
42-95011 |
| Model |
B-24H |
| Manufacturer |
Ford - Willow Run, Ypsilanti, Michigan |
| Production Block |
B-24H-20-FO |
| Color |
Silver aka NMF (Natural Metal Finish) |
|
|
| Group Data |
| Date Assigned to 492nd |
Replacement aircraft for the 856th BS
Flew its first mission 27 May 44 |
| Obtained From |
Replacement Depot |
| Flyover Pilot |
unknown |
| Total Missions w/492nd |
3 |
| Total WWII Missions |
3 |
|
|
| Notes |
|
Replaced 44-40134 during the J for H trade with the 458th BG for Project AZON.
|
|
|
856th Squadron Code: 5Z
|
|
Tail Code: J
|
|
To our knowledge this aircraft was never given a nickname or had any nose art painted on it.
|
|
29 May 44, Lost: w/Gaulke Crew 602
|
|
10 interned in Sweden, MACR 5220
|
|
|
We believe this aircraft was replaced with 44-40195 BOULDER BUFF, formerly 9A:J- at the 858th.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mission Record
|
|
Documented Missions with the 492nd BG, 856th BS
|
| Date |
Mission |
Mission # |
Pilot |
Crew |
Notes |
| 27 May 44 |
Saarbrucken, Germany |
|
Gaulke |
602 |
Target: Marshalling yard |
| 28 May 44 |
Zeitz, Germany |
|
Gaulke |
602 |
Target: Oil refinery
Credit unconfirmed |
| 29 May 44 |
Politz, Germany |
|
Gaulke |
602 |
Target: Oil refinery
Lost: 10 interned in Sweden, MACR 5220 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
