391st Bomb Group - Aircraft Information For Serial Number: 42-107615

391st BOMB GROUP: Aircraft information for serial number: 42-107615

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Aircraft information for serial number: 42-107615
Taxi	Squadron	Serial	Code	Name	Source	Taxi Sheets
615-A	575	42-107615	O8-A		Original website	25
815-A	575	42-107615	O8-A		Taxi sheets. Typo for 615-A ?	1

Aircraft history for serial number: 42-107615 (kindly provided by Paul Clouting).
Delivered from the Martin Omaha plant. Next listed as Omaha, Nebraska (ATC) from 21/1/44. Then flown by Des Moines Airport, Polk County, Iowa (ATC Ferry) from 30/1/44, to the 3rd AF staging area at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia (from 31/1/44). Flown overseas to the UK via the Southern Ferry Route (Listed as Caribbean Wing), departing the USA on 9/2/44. The record card then lists, SOXO A (Europe) on 9/2/44, and SOXO R (Europe) on 24/2/44. Entered combat with the 391st BG / 575th BS on 28/5/44. Damaged Cat.5 (written off) in a landing accident at A-87 Charleroi, Belgium returning from the aborted mission to Duren, Germany on 23/9/44. The aircraft flown by 1st Lt. Earl M Harnest had been forced to seek alternative landing sites due to the bad weather encountered on the return flight. The aircraft was directed to land at A-87 by "Sweepstake", and landed at 1820 hours. The grass runway was short, and it was raining as the aircraft landed, was unable to stop, and crashed into a fuel dump on the edge of the field. The nose wheel collapsed and the props were bent in the accident, but all the crew escaped uninjured. Fifteen minutes later another B-26 landed and skidded into this aircraft and caught fire, destroying both aircraft. Aircraft salvaged on 27/9/44 by the 391st BG. The final entries on the aircraft record card list, GLUE 9AF CON ON ALS on 26/9/44, GLUE 9AF REPAIR on 27/9/44, and, GLUE 9AF CON MIA on 27/9/44. These final entries do not tie up with the rest of the aircraft data, or the group records.

Aircraft history for serial number: 42-107615 (kindly provided by Paul Clouting).

Delivered from the Martin Omaha plant. Next listed as Omaha, Nebraska (ATC) from 21/1/44. Then flown by Des Moines Airport, Polk County, Iowa (ATC Ferry) from 30/1/44, to the 3rd AF staging area at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia (from 31/1/44). Flown overseas to the UK via the Southern Ferry Route (Listed as Caribbean Wing), departing the USA on 9/2/44. The record card then lists, SOXO A (Europe) on 9/2/44, and SOXO R (Europe) on 24/2/44. Entered combat with the 391st BG / 575th BS on 28/5/44. Damaged Cat.5 (written off) in a landing accident at A-87 Charleroi, Belgium returning from the aborted mission to Duren, Germany on 23/9/44. The aircraft flown by 1st Lt. Earl M Harnest had been forced to seek alternative landing sites due to the bad weather encountered on the return flight. The aircraft was directed to land at A-87 by "Sweepstake", and landed at 1820 hours. The grass runway was short, and it was raining as the aircraft landed, was unable to stop, and crashed into a fuel dump on the edge of the field. The nose wheel collapsed and the props were bent in the accident, but all the crew escaped uninjured. Fifteen minutes later another B-26 landed and skidded into this aircraft and caught fire, destroying both aircraft. Aircraft salvaged on 27/9/44 by the 391st BG. The final entries on the aircraft record card list, GLUE 9AF CON ON ALS on 26/9/44, GLUE 9AF REPAIR on 27/9/44, and, GLUE 9AF CON MIA on 27/9/44. These final entries do not tie up with the rest of the aircraft data, or the group records.

Incident listing for serial number: 42-107615
Mission	Source_id	Description	Serial
170	A00041	Accident Report, 42-107615. 23 Sep 1944	42-107615

Taxi Sheet listing for serial number: 42-107615
Mission	Date	Station	Box	Flight	Position	Pilot	Squadron	Hardstand	Taxi	Serial
77	30 May 1944	166	2	2	6	Lowe	574	41	615-A	42-107615
78	31 May 1944	166	2	1	3	Lowe	574	41	615-A	42-107615
84	06 Jun 1944	166	2	3	7	Dearing	573	41	615-A	42-107615
87	07 Jun 1944	166	1	2	4	Laframboise	575	41	615-A	42-107615
88	08 Jun 1944	166	2	3	5	Bollinger	573	41	615-A	42-107615
90	10 Jun 1944	166	1	3	5	Lowe	574	41	815-A	42-107615
93	12 Jun 1944	166	1	3	6	Watson	574	41	615-A	42-107615
95	13 Jun 1944	166	2	1	6	Bjork	573	41	615-A	42-107615
96	14 Jun 1944	166	1	3	5	Laframboise	575	41	615-A	42-107615
97	15 Jun 1944	166	2	3	3	Jacobs	572	41	615-A	42-107615
99	18 Jun 1944	166	2	3	6	Laframboise	575	41	615-A	42-107615
102	21 Jun 1944	166	1	2	6	Smith	572	41	615-A	42-107615
106	25 Jun 1944	166	2	3	3	Stanfield	574	41	615-A	42-107615
108	05 Jul 1944	166	2	1	6	Kiedinger	575	41	615-A	42-107615
114	12 Jul 1944	166	1	1	6	Rutledge	575	41	615-A	42-107615
120	23 Jul 1944	166	1	3	2	Kiedinger	575	41	615-A	42-107615
122	25 Jul 1944	166	1	2	2	Bjork	573	41	615-A	42-107615
123	26 Jul 1944	166	2	3	5	Kiedinger	574	41	615-A	42-107615
127	31 Jul 1944	166	1	3	5	Kiedinger	575	41	615-A	42-107615
128	01 Aug 1944	166	1	1	3	Kiedinger	575	41	615-A	42-107615
131	05 Aug 1944	166	2	1	3	Kiedinger	575	41	615-A	42-107615
132	05 Aug 1944	166	2	1	3	Kiedinger	575	41	615-A	42-107615
133	06 Aug 1944	166	2	2	5	Kiedinger	575	41	615-A	42-107615
137	08 Aug 1944	166	1	3	7	Kiedinger	575	41	615-A	42-107615
164	11 Sep 1944	166	1	1	3	Kiedinger	575	41	615-A	42-107615
167	14 Sep 1944	166	2	1	3	Kiedinger	575	41	615-A	42-107615