Aircraft information for serial number: 44-67830 | ||||||
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Taxi | Squadron | Serial | Code | Name | Source | Taxi Sheets |
830-B | 574 | 44-67830 | 4L-B | The Happy Warrior | Taxi Sheets & Photo | 14 |
Aircraft history for serial number: 44-67830 (kindly provided by Paul Clouting). |
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Built at the Glenn L Martin factory at Baltimore, Maryland as a B-26G-15-MA. Accepted by the Army Air Force on 9/10/44. Then flown by Baltimore, Maryland (ATC) from 10/10/44, to the 3rd AF staging area at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia (from 10/10/44). Next went to Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida (1103 BAS) from 15/10/44, from where the aircraft was flown overseas via the Southern Ferry Route, departing the USA on 30/10/44. The aircraft record card then lists, GLUE 9AF A (Europe - 9th AF) on 30/10/44, and GLUE 9AF R (Europe - 9th AF) on 21/11/44. Entered combat with the 391st BG / 574th BS on 26/12/44. The aircraft flew 47 combat missions, then was transferred out of the group in April 1945 when the 391st BG converted to the Douglas A-26. |
Picture listing for serial number: 44-67830 | ||
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Picture Title | Picture Category | Serial |
44-67830 4L-B (NB this is the previously unknown 830-B in the taxi sheets !!!) | Airplanes | 44-67830 |
Taxi Sheet listing for serial number: 44-67830 | ||||||||||
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Mission | Date | Station | Box | Flight | Position | Pilot | Squadron | Hardstand | Taxi | Serial |
212 | 22 Jan 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Spare Ship | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |
215 | 29 Jan 1945 | A-73 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Bischoff | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |
216 | 01 Feb 1945 | A-73 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Sherwood | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |
219 | 06 Feb 1945 | A-73 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sherwood | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |
220 | 08 Feb 1945 | A-73 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Sherwood | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |
223 | 10 Feb 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Sherwood | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |
230 | 18 Feb 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Henage | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |
243 | 03 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Proctor | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |
245 | 04 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Richmond | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |
247 | 06 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Bischoff | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |
251 | 11 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Bischoff | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |
255 | 14 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Bischoff | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |
261 | 18 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Bischoff | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |
265 | 22 Mar 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Bischoff | 574 | RW | 830-B | 44-67830 |