Aircraft information for serial number: 42-107743 | ||||||
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Taxi | Squadron | Serial | Code | Name | Source | Taxi Sheets |
743-J | 575 | 42-107743 | O8-J | SILVER STAR | Taxi sheets. Redesignation of 743-W ? | 1 |
743-N | 575 | 42-107743 | O8-N | SILVER STAR | Taxi sheets. Redesignation of 743-W ? | 1 |
743-Q | 575 | 42-107743 | O8-Q | SILVER STAR | Taxi sheets. Redesignation of 743-W ? | 1 |
743-W | 575 | 42-107743 | O8-W | SILVER STAR | Original website | 17 |
Aircraft history for serial number: 42-107743 (kindly provided by Paul Clouting). |
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Delivered from the Martin Omaha plant. Next listed at Omaha, Nebraska (ATC) on 8/3/44. Then flown to the 3rd AF staging area at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia (from 8/3/44), and on to Homestead Army Air Field, Florida (from 13/3/44), from where the aircraft was flown overseas to the UK via the Southern Ferry Route (Listed as Caribbean Wing), as a 9th AF replacement aircraft, departing the USA on 15/3/44. The record card then lists, SOXO A (Europe) on 15/3/44, and, GLUE 9AF R (Europe) on 21/4/44. Entered combat with the 391st BS / 575th BS on 13/5/44, coded O8-Q. Returned on a single engine after receiving heavy flak damage on the 25/5/44 mission to Liege, flown by 1st Lt. Herschel S. Harkins. The aircraft was sent to the service squadron for repairs. Returned to the 391st BG / 575th BS following repairs, and recoded O8-W, and then named "Silver Star". Re-entered combat with the 575th BS on 13/8/44. This aircraft piloted by Capt. Edward M. Jannsen flew lead on the Ahrweiler mission of 23/12/44 and returned badly shot up, but was repaired. Suffered major damage in a taxiing accident at A-73 Airfield, Roye-Amy, France on 3/2/45. The pilot was Williams Goble. The aircraft was most probably not repaired, as the group converted to the Douglas A-26 in April 1945. The final entry on the aircraft record card lists, GLUE CON SAL FR BRT on 20/7/45. The aircraft flew 7 missions coded as O8-Q, and an additional 63 missions as O8-W. |
Incident listing for serial number: 42-107743 | |||
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Mission | Source_id | Description | Serial |
218 | A00057 | Accident Report, 42-107743. 3 Feb 1945 | 42-107743 |
Picture listing for serial number: 42-107743 | ||
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Picture Title | Picture Category | Serial |
"Silver Star" | Nose Art | 42-107743 |
"Silver Star" | Nose Art | 42-107743 |
Jannsen Crew #2 | Crews | 42-107743 |
Taxi Sheet listing for serial number: 42-107743 | ||||||||||
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Mission | Date | Station | Box | Flight | Position | Pilot | Squadron | Hardstand | Taxi | Serial |
163 | 10 Sep 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Schreiber | 575 | 40 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
164 | 11 Sep 1944 | 166 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Gatlin | 575 | 40 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
167 | 14 Sep 1944 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Hanish | 575 | 40 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
182 | 03 Nov 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 3 | 7 | Heslep | 575 | 7 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
203 | 23 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Jannsen | 575 | 7 | 743-N | 42-107743 |
209 | 01 Jan 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Lippincott | 575 | 7 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
214 | 28 Jan 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Hoar | 575 | 7 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
219 | 06 Feb 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Spare Lead | 575 | 7 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
220 | 08 Feb 1945 | A-73 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Willis | 575 | 7 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
223 | 10 Feb 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Willis | 575 | 7 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
230 | 18 Feb 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Hoar | 575 | 7 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
243 | 03 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Spare Lead | 575 | 5 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
245 | 04 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Burhanna | 575 | 5 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
247 | 06 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Saunders | 575 | 9 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
251 | 11 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Saunders | 575 | 5 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
251 | 11 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Spare Lead | 575 | 5 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
255 | 14 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Saunders | 575 | 9 | 743-W | 42-107743 |
265 | 22 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Bass | 575 | 12 | 743-W | 42-107743 |