Aircraft Details for serial number: 42-107747 - Note: Squadron and Codes shown are the most frequent non-blank values | ||||
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Taxi Code | Squadron | Serial | Code | Missions |
747-T | 573 | 42-107747 | T6-T | 57 |
Aircraft history for serial number: 42-107747 (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), Jacksonville, Florida (from 14/3/44), and on to Homestead Army Air Field, Florida (from 14/3/44), 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 16/3/44. The record card then lists, SOXO A (Europe) on 16/3/44, and, SOXO 9AF R (Europe) on 19/4/44. Entered combat with the 391st BG / 573rd BS on 13/5/44. Shot down by Me-109 and Fw-190 fighters, 3 miles East of Ahrweiler on the 23/12/44 mission. The aircraft flown by 2nd Lt. Clayton S Abraham was last seen dropping behind the formation with both engines smoking and the undercarriage hanging down. Shortly afterwards the aircraft entered a spin and went straight down. Only the co-pilot, 2nd Lt. Verne H Bovie managed to bail out succesfully and was captured. The rest of the crew were killed. Engines, P&W, R-2800-43, serials: FP-063889 (left), and, FP-061131 (right). The final entry on the aircraft record card lists, SOXO CON MIA on 23/12/44. |
Incident listing for serial number: 42-107747 | |||
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Mission | Source_id | Description | Serial |
203 | M11663 | MACR 11663, 42-107747. 23 Dec 1944 | 42-107747 |
Loadlist Taxi Sheet listing for serial number: 42-107747 | |||||||||||
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Mission | Date | Station | Box | Flight | Position | Pilot | A/C Squadron | Hardstand | Taxi Code | Serial | Status |
59 | 13 May 1944 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 19 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
61 | 19 May 1944 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Barker, F. E. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
62 | 20 May 1944 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | flak | |
64 | 21 May 1944 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Boone, W. R. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | aborted |
67 | 24 May 1944 | 166 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Goodson, R. G. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | flak |
68 | 24 May 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Goodson, R. G. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
70 | 26 May 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Dewitt, G. A. | 573 | 17 | 747-T1 | 42-107747 | |
71 | 27 May 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 7 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 17 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
72 | 27 May 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 7 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | flak | |
86 | 07 Jun 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
88 | 08 Jun 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Walker, H. H. | 573 | 747- | 42-107747 | ||
119 | 19 Jul 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Armstrong, J. F. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
120 | 23 Jul 1944 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
121 | 24 Jul 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
122 | 25 Jul 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
123 | 26 Jul 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Lakin, R. K. | 573 | 747- | 42-107747 | ||
125 | 30 Jul 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Alexander, R. L. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
126 | 31 Jul 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 7 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
127 | 31 Jul 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
128 | 01 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 747- | 42-107747 | ||
129 | 02 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Baehr, R. E. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
131 | 05 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
132 | 05 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
139 | 10 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Sloss, W. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | flak | |
140 | 10 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Walker, H. H. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
141 | 11 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Dewitt, G. A. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
142 | 12 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Jacobs, S. A. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
143 | 13 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 5 | May, W. L. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
149 | 17 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Edwards, G. A. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
150 | 18 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
152 | 26 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Lowe, W. F. | 573 | 18 | 747-F | 42-107747 | flak |
153 | 27 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Gates, L. R. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
154 | 27 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Kiedinger, C. E. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
155 | 30 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Bischoff, J. R. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
156 | 01 Sep 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 7 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
158 | 03 Sep 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
160 | 05 Sep 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
161 | 06 Sep 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 17 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
162 | 06 Sep 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 18 | 747-F | 42-107747 | |
163 | 10 Sep 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
164 | 11 Sep 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
165 | 12 Sep 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Kloepfer, W. A. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
166 | 12 Sep 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Reynolds, J. J. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
167 | 14 Sep 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Baxter, R. E. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
168 | 16 Sep 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 7 | Clapham, L. M. | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | spare | |
170 | 23 Sep 1944 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Baehr, R. E. | 573 | 18 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
172 | 29 Sep 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 7 | Coffin, C. H. | 573 | 26 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
173 | 02 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 3 | 7 | Walter, P. S. | 747- | 42-107747 | spare | ||
-174 | 05 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Putnam, P. M. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | ||
174 | 06 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Walter, P. S. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | flak | |
190 | 25 Nov 1944 | A-73 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Edwards, G. A. | 573 | 34 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
197 | 09 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Sherwood, N. W. | 573 | 34 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
198 | 10 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Clark, H. W. | 573 | 747- | 42-107747 | ||
199 | 11 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Walter, P. S. | 573 | 34 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
200 | 12 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Baker, K. L. | 573 | 34 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
202 | 15 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Edwards, G. A. | 573 | 34 | 747-T | 42-107747 | |
203 | 23 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Abraham, C. S. | 573 | 747-T | 42-107747 | lost |