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B-17G 42-31894/Z 306BG crash-landed home base Thurleigh 26 March 44, Mission 280 to V1 sites in Pas de Calais; pilot was Lt. G.R. Haywood Jr. (369BS). Large letter is typical for 306th, no codes here.
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B-24J (Ford) 42-50800 not sure of Group but condition suggests Pacific, possibly 30BG.
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B-17F 42-3292 "Mary Pat" ( pilot Lt. Ruel G. Weikert's wife) 385BG Gt. Ashfield; flew 12 missions in "Pat". B-24 returned US 25 Nov. 44.
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B-17G 42-31917 "Off Spring" (baby on spring) 385BG. On Mission 469 to Munich 12 July 44 caught prop-wash, nosed up and collided with 42-102606 "Curley's Kids" and cut in 2. Crashed Luxembourg, there is a memorial at Perle; MACRs 7507 and 7489.


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