391st BOMB GROUP: Aircraft information for serial number: 42-107634
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Aircraft information for serial number: 42-107634
Taxi Squadron Serial Code Name Source Taxi Sheets
634-J57342-107634T6-JCOUNTESS IIOriginal website37
634-S57342-107634T6-SCOUNTESS IITaxi sheets. Redesignation of 634-J ?1
834-J57342-107634T6-JCOUNTESS IITaxi sheets. Typo for 634-J ?1
854-J57342-107634T6-JCOUNTESS IITaxi sheets. Typo for 634-J ?1
Aircraft history for serial number: 42-107634 (kindly provided by Paul Clouting).
Delivered from the Martin Omaha plant. Next listed at Atlanta, Georgia (ATC) from 1/2/44. Then went to the 3rd AF staging area at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia (from 2/2/44), and then to Homestead Army Air Field, Florida (from 24/2/44), from where the aircraft was flown overseas to the UK via the Southern Ferry Route (Listed as Caribbean Wing), departing the USA on 25/2/44. The record card then lists, SOXO A (Europe) on 25/2/44, and SOXO R (Europe) on 9/3/44. Entered combat with the 391st BG / 573rd BS on 8/5/44. Badly damaged by flak on the 8/6/44 mission to bomb a RR junction at Valognes, France. The pilot, 2nd Lt. Richard E. Baehr, was forced to make an emergency landing back at Matching Green. The aircraft was repaired and went on to fly 110 missions with the group until 30/3/45 when it was withdrawn from service when the group converted to the Douglas A-26. We are not sure what happened to this aircraft once it left service with the 391st BG, but it was not salvaged until January 1946. The final entry on the aircraft record card lists, GLUE CON SAL FEA (9th AF) on 4/1/46.
Picture listing for serial number: 42-107634
Picture Title Picture Category Serial
"Countess II"Nose Art42-107634
Taxi Sheet listing for serial number: 42-107634
Mission Date Station Box Flight Position Pilot Squadron Hardstand Taxi Serial
5310 May 1944166241Spare57317634-J42-107634
5410 May 1944166241Spare Ship57317634-J42-107634
7730 May 1944166243Spare Ship57317634-S42-107634
7831 May 1944166133Jacobs57217634-J42-107634
8204 Jun 1944166216Smith57217634-J42-107634
8406 Jun 1944166315Baxter57317634-J42-107634
8707 Jun 1944166216Boylan57317634-J42-107634
8808 Jun 1944166113Baehr57217634-J42-107634
10805 Jul 1944166133Baxter57317634-J42-107634
11007 Jul 1944166137Boylan57317634-J42-107634
11919 Jul 1944166235Harlow57417634-J42-107634
12023 Jul 1944166243Spare Ship57317634-J42-107634
12124 Jul 1944166223Schirmer57517634-J42-107634
12326 Jul 1944166223Morris57417634-J42-107634
12801 Aug 1944166212Boylan57317634-J42-107634
13105 Aug 1944166112Boylan57317634-J42-107634
13205 Aug 1944166112Boylan57317634-J42-107634
13306 Aug 1944166124Boylan57317634-J42-107634
13708 Aug 1944166233Bollinger57317634-J42-107634
16310 Sep 1944166215Dobda57317634-J42-107634
16411 Sep 1944166216Putnam57317634-J42-107634
16714 Sep 1944166122Rice57317634-J42-107634
17127 Sep 1944A-73222Rice57317634-J42-107634
18203 Nov 1944A-73136Shoemaker57333634-J42-107634
19229 Nov 1944A-73213Walter57333634-J42-107634
20323 Dec 1944A-73222Rice57333854-J42-107634
20625 Dec 1944A-73233Edwards57333634-J42-107634
20901 Jan 1945A-73215Baker57336634-J42-107634
21222 Jan 1945A-73136Larsen57333634-J42-107634
21428 Jan 1945A-73122Rice57333634-J42-107634
21529 Jan 1945A-73232Larsen57333634-J42-107634
21601 Feb 1945A-73212Putnam57333634-J42-107634
21906 Feb 1945A-73132Rice57333634-J42-107634
22008 Feb 1945A-73213Larsen57333634-J42-107634
22310 Feb 1945A-73013Grow57233634-J42-107634
24303 Mar 1945A-73132Rice57333634-J42-107634
25111 Mar 1945A-73132Morris57333634-J42-107634
25514 Mar 1945A-73216Marsh57433634-J42-107634
26118 Mar 1945A-73232Atwater57333834-J42-107634
26522 Mar 1945A-73312Rice57333634-J42-107634