| Delivered by air from the Martin Baltimore plant to the 21st BG at MacDill Field, Tampa Bay, Florida (from 24/4/43). Next listed at Warner-Robins Army Air Field, Georgia (from 3/6/43). Then served as a 391st BG training aircraft at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (from 4/6/43). Next listed at Florence Army Air Field, South Carolina (no date given), then again at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (from 6/7/43). Damaged cat.5 in a landing accident at Myrtle Beach on 30/6/43 due to a mechanical failure. The pilot is listed as William H Wanstreet, Jnr (391st BG / 575th BS in training). The final entry on the aircraft record card lists, "Myrtle Beach awaiting survey per gain and loss report of 15/7/43". Note, there is no mention on the aircraft record card that this aircraft was converted to a B-26B-20, and just refers to a B-26B-1 model. |