391st Bomb Group - Aircraft Information For Serial Number: 42-107815

391st BOMB GROUP: Aircraft information for serial number: 42-107815

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Aircraft information for serial number: 42-107815
Taxi	Squadron	Serial	Code	Name	Source	Taxi Sheets
815-N	574	42-107815	4L-N	THE HUNTRESS 2	Taxi sheets. Redesignation of 815-W ?	1
815-U	574	42-107815	4L-U	THE HUNTRESS 2	Taxi sheets. Redesignation of 815-W ?	1
815-W	574	42-107815	4L-W	THE HUNTRESS 2	Original website	22

Aircraft history for serial number: 42-107815 (kindly provided by Paul Clouting).
Delivered from the Martin Omaha plant. Next listed at Omaha, Nebraska (ATC) on 4/4/44. Then flown to the 3rd AF staging area at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia (from 4/4/44), and on to Homestead Army Air Field, Florida (from 14/4/44), from where the aircraft was flown overseas to the UK via the Southern Ferry Route, as a 9th AF replacement aircraft, departing the USA on 16/4/44. The record card then lists, SOXO 9AF A (Europe) on 15/4/44, and GLUE 9AF R (Europe) on 30/4/44. Entered combat with the 391st BG / 574th BS on 29/5/44. Crash landed near St. Hubert, France after running out of fuel returning from the 5/12/44 mission to Oberzier, Germany. The pilot 2nd Lt. Wade F Lowe was the only crew member injured. The final entry on the aircraft record card lists, GLUE 9AF CON SAL NBD on 10/12/44.

Aircraft history for serial number: 42-107815 (kindly provided by Paul Clouting).

Delivered from the Martin Omaha plant. Next listed at Omaha, Nebraska (ATC) on 4/4/44. Then flown to the 3rd AF staging area at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia (from 4/4/44), and on to Homestead Army Air Field, Florida (from 14/4/44), from where the aircraft was flown overseas to the UK via the Southern Ferry Route, as a 9th AF replacement aircraft, departing the USA on 16/4/44. The record card then lists, SOXO 9AF A (Europe) on 15/4/44, and GLUE 9AF R (Europe) on 30/4/44. Entered combat with the 391st BG / 574th BS on 29/5/44. Crash landed near St. Hubert, France after running out of fuel returning from the 5/12/44 mission to Oberzier, Germany. The pilot 2nd Lt. Wade F Lowe was the only crew member injured. The final entry on the aircraft record card lists, GLUE 9AF CON SAL NBD on 10/12/44.

Picture listing for serial number: 42-107815
Picture Title	Picture Category	Serial
Loesch	Crews	42-107815

Taxi Sheet listing for serial number: 42-107815
Mission	Date	Station	Box	Flight	Position	Pilot	Squadron	Hardstand	Taxi	Serial
77	30 May 1944	166	2	1	4	Alexander	574	36	815-W	42-107815
78	31 May 1944	166	2	2	2	Alexander	574	36	815-W	42-107815
82	04 Jun 1944	166	1	2	2	Alexander	574	36	815-W	42-107815
84	06 Jun 1944	166	1	3	4	Majka	574	35	815-W	42-107815
88	08 Jun 1944	166	2	1	4	Newcomer	574	36	815-N	42-107815
93	12 Jun 1944	166	1	3	4	Alexander	574	36	815-W	42-107815
95	13 Jun 1944	166	2	4	2	Spare Ship	574	36	815-W	42-107815
100	20 Jun 1944	166	3	4	1	Spare Lead	574	36	815-W	42-107815
101	21 Jun 1944	166	1	2	5	Rutledge	575	36	815-W	42-107815
106	25 Jun 1944	166	2	2	4	Alexander	574	36	815-W	42-107815
109	06 Jul 1944	166	1	1	4	Bush	574	36	815-W	42-107815
110	07 Jul 1944	166	1	2	1	Bush	574	36	815-W	42-107815
114	12 Jul 1944	166	2	1	4	Bush	574	36	815-W	42-107815
119	19 Jul 1944	166	2	2	1	Bush	574	36	815-W	42-107815
120	23 Jul 1944	166	2	4	1	Spare Lead	574	36	815-W	42-107815
121	24 Jul 1944	166	2	2	5	Lowder	575	36	815-W	42-107815
123	26 Jul 1944	166	2	1	1	Bush	574	36	815-W	42-107815
124	28 Jul 1944	166	2	4	1	Spare Lead	574	36	815-W	42-107815
127	31 Jul 1944	166	2	3	2	Garwick	574	36	815-W	42-107815
128	01 Aug 1944	166	2	3	4	Colsch	573	37	815-U	42-107815
137	08 Aug 1944	166	1	2	4	Bush	574	36	815-W	42-107815
167	14 Sep 1944	166	2	1	1	Williams	575	36	815-W	42-107815
182	03 Nov 1944	A-73	1	1	5	Brown	574	51	815-W	42-107815
192	29 Nov 1944	A-73	1	3	4	Lowe	574	51	815-W	42-107815