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Old 17th May 2026, 23:30
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Old 31st May 2026, 11:15
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POST 3804.
1. P-61A 422NFS Florennes 1945. Photo J.W. Morgan-L.F. Koehler (crew) L.L. Bost, C.O. Troxell. 2 air credits. Possibly 42-5568 crash-landed Florennes 5 March 45 (?).
2. P-61 "Mildred" 42-5543 422NFS as above; crew R.A. Anderson-J.W. Morgan. 2 credits. Jet 622 black.
3. Waiting confirmation. Unusual number style.
4. B-25D 41-30161 "Avoca Avenger" 345BG "Air Apaches" ( 498BS Falcons); name for pilot T. F. Tackaberry's home town. Converted to strafer at Townsville Depot. Shark mouth from previous owner 90BS, retired as WW. 1944.
5. B-24J 42-50569 "Times a' Wastin" 466BG as 2U-H+. Mission symbols Little Brown Jugs, and figure from "Snuffy Smith and Barney Google" comics. Red-white tail.
6. A-20 possibly 3BG N. Guinea, evidently photo- recon or mapping as symbols are cameras plus large eye. Serial ?
7. B-24J 42-51514 "Big Chief/ Lil Beaver" 458BG as 7V-B, red-white tail.
8. B-24J 42-51288 "Back to the sack" 448BG as IG-P, flew with 3 sqns. Black-yellow tail.
9. B-24H 42-94818 "Captain John Silver" 34BG; down in sea S. of Selsey Bill 9 July 44 on Mission 463 to V1 sites (bad weather). Tail Square S.
10. B-24J 42-51343 "Shazam" 398BG as YO-N; crashed after take-off 7 March 45 in Norfolk , Mission 869 to Soest. Captain Marvel figure; still has delivery markings "3104 Ford SOXO". Black-white tail.
11. B-24H 42-94828 "You're safe at home" 445BG as RN-P bar, note baseball figure. Black-white tail. Survived.
12. B-17G 42-102661 "Big dog" and hound, 384BG as SU-L. Landed in France after Mission 859 Bohlen-Rositz. 109 missions, salvaged in Germany post-war after conversion for transport. Black triangle "P".
13. B-17G 44-8007 "Screaming Eagle" 384BG as JD-Z, survived. Displayed in Paris.
14. B-17F 42-29945 "Daisy June II" (92BG) MIA 12 Aug. 43, Mission 81 (Flak), didn't bomb Primary. Crashed N. Sea.
15. B-17F 42-3093 "Nobody's Darlin" 96BG then 351st. as TU-K; artwork Varga girl from April 43 calendar. To 2SAD after 8 missions and salvaged Jan. 44.




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POST 3804.
1. P-61A 422NFS Florennes 1945. Photo J.W. Morgan-L.F. Koehler (crew) L.L. Bost, C.O. Troxell. 2 air credits. Possibly 42-5568 crash-landed Florennes 5 March 45 (?).
2. P-61 "Mildred" 42-5543 422NFS as above; crew R.A. Anderson-J.W. Morgan. 2 credits. Jet 622 black.
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1) Was actually 42-5538 which was lost 12 Oct 1944 with Lt Donald Doyle & Lt Norman Williams
2) According to the well researched P-61 book by Jeff Kolln 42-5543 was named by Anderson
Tennessee Ridge Runner
The name Mildred is not listed, but it could of course been renamed after it was handed over
to a different crew. Your source please?

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Hi Stig. Photo of Anderson and Mogan (usual spelling) in a Key Aero mag. from 2017; "Mildred" is actually on the left cowling and she is Jet 622 Black, "Runner" being OD/NG so not same plane. Cowling names were normally supplemental.
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Thank you very much. Number 13 interests me because I count three captains and two lieutenants. The average crew photo might contain one officer.
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Hi Stig. Photo of Anderson and Mogan (usual spelling) in a Key Aero mag. from 2017; "Mildred" is actually on the left cowling and she is Jet 622 Black, "Runner" being OD/NG so not same plane. Cowling names were normally supplemental.
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There is an inherent problem here since there were two Andersons in 422NFS
1/Lt John Anderson (who flew with Lt James Mogan)
1/Lt Raymond Anderson (who flew with Lt John Morris)

According to Frank Olynyk
John Anderson claimed two victories, both in 42-5543
Raymond Anderson claimed three, in three different P-61s, 42-5573, -5543, -5540

Unfortunately Kolln & Olynyk differs slightly with regards to dates, so I am not
going into that.
However none of the above aircraft is listed with the name 'Mildred', but it now seems clear
that it was John Anderson who named his aircraft 'Tennessee Ridge Runner' and not Raymond A.

Does Key explicitly state 'Mildred' was 42-5543?
Reason I ask is that I have very few books so well researched as the one by Jeff Kolln

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