391st BOMB GROUP: Loadlist Aircraft information for serial number: 41-31812
Aircraft Details for serial number: 41-31812 - Note: Squadron and Codes shown are the most frequent non-blank values
Taxi Code
Squadron
Serial
Code
Missions
812-W 574 41-31812 4L-W 26
Aircraft history for serial number: 41-31812 (kindly provided by Paul Clouting). Ex-386th BG aircraft. Entered combat with the 391st BG / 574th BS on 5/3/45. Aircraft named after the pilot's 3 year old son. Pilot, Capt. James M Peters. The aircraft flew an additional 24 combat missions with the 391st BG and survived the war. The final entry on the aircraft record card lists, GLUE CON SAL on 18/2/46. We have seen a photo of this aircraft displaying many mission symbols.
Loadlist Taxi Sheet listing for serial number: 41-31812
Mission
Date
Station
Box
Flight
Position
Pilot
A/C Squadron
Hardstand
Taxi Code
Serial
Status
246 05 Mar 1945 A-73 1 3 2 Young, R. C. 574 RW 812-W 41-31812 247 06 Mar 1945 A-73 2 2 5 McLaurin, J. E. 574 RW 812-W 41-31812 250 10 Mar 1945 A-73 1 1 5 Porter, H. E. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 251 11 Mar 1945 A-73 1 1 5 Macklin, P. G. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 252 11 Mar 1945 A-73 1 1 5 Porter, H. E. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 253 12 Mar 1945 A-73 2 3 3 Ehrhart, H. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 254 13 Mar 1945 A-73 2 3 3 Lehfeldt, W. H. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 255 14 Mar 1945 A-73 2 1 3 Ehrhart, H. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 256 15 Mar 1945 A-73 2 1 2 Young, R. C. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 257 16 Mar 1945 A-73 2 2 3 McIntyre, D. E. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 259 17 Mar 1945 A-73 2 4 3 Spare, 58 812-W 41-31812 spare 260 18 Mar 1945 A-73 1 2 3 Dingman, E. N. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 263 20 Mar 1945 A-73 1 3 3 Dingman, E. N. 574 812-W 41-31812 264 22 Mar 1945 A-73 2 1 2 Marsh, R. W. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 flak 273 28 Mar 1945 A-73 2 3 3 Dingman, E. N. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 274 30 Mar 1945 A-73 2 2 2 Dixon, W. A. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 flak 275 31 Mar 1945 A-73 2 1 5 Dingman, E. N. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 276 31 Mar 1945 A-73 2 2 2 Marsh, R. W. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 277 03 Apr 1945 A-73 1 1 6 Dingman, E. N. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 278 04 Apr 1945 A-73 1 2 6 Marsh, R. W. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 279 07 Apr 1945 A-73 2 2 3 Leonard, S. S. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 280 08 Apr 1945 A-73 2 1 3 Macklin, P. G. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 281 08 Apr 1945 A-73 2 2 6 Riley, J. E. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 282 09 Apr 1945 A-73 2 2 6 Goble, W. 574 50 812-W 41-31812 flak