391st Bomb Group - Loadlist Aircraft Information For Serial Number: 42-107748

391st BOMB GROUP: Loadlist Aircraft information for serial number: 42-107748

Aircraft Details for serial number: 42-107748 - Note: Squadron and Codes shown are the most frequent non-blank values
Taxi Code	Squadron	Serial	Code	Missions
748-Q	572	42-107748	P2-Q	144

Aircraft history for serial number: 42-107748 (kindly provided by Paul Clouting).
Delivered from the Martin Omaha plant. Next listed at Omaha, Nebraska (ATC) on 8/3/44, and Rosecrans, Missouri (ATC) on 8/3/44. Then flown to the 3rd AF staging area at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia (from 9/3/44). Flown overseas to the UK via the Southern Ferry Route, as a 9th AF replacement aircraft, departing the USA on 21/3/44. The record card then lists, SOXO A (Europe) on 20/3/44, and, SOXO 9AF R (Europe) on 19/4/44. Entered combat with the 391st BG / 572nd BS on 13/5/44. The aircraft was first assigned to pilot Lt. John W Blute who named the aircraft after his wife Virginia Glancy. Damaged Cat.3 in a mid air collision with 42-95809 over Station 166, Matching Green, Essex on 21/6/44 flown by Lt. John W Blute. The aircraft was repaired. Later flown by pilots Lt. Roy E. Russell, and Ken Chapin. Went on to fly over 130 combat missions by April 1945, when the aircraft was transferred out, after the group converted to the Douglas A-26. The final entry on the aircraft record card lists, GLUE CON SAL FEA on 18/2/46.

Aircraft history for serial number: 42-107748 (kindly provided by Paul Clouting).

Delivered from the Martin Omaha plant. Next listed at Omaha, Nebraska (ATC) on 8/3/44, and Rosecrans, Missouri (ATC) on 8/3/44. Then flown to the 3rd AF staging area at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia (from 9/3/44). Flown overseas to the UK via the Southern Ferry Route, as a 9th AF replacement aircraft, departing the USA on 21/3/44. The record card then lists, SOXO A (Europe) on 20/3/44, and, SOXO 9AF R (Europe) on 19/4/44. Entered combat with the 391st BG / 572nd BS on 13/5/44. The aircraft was first assigned to pilot Lt. John W Blute who named the aircraft after his wife Virginia Glancy. Damaged Cat.3 in a mid air collision with 42-95809 over Station 166, Matching Green, Essex on 21/6/44 flown by Lt. John W Blute. The aircraft was repaired. Later flown by pilots Lt. Roy E. Russell, and Ken Chapin. Went on to fly over 130 combat missions by April 1945, when the aircraft was transferred out, after the group converted to the Douglas A-26. The final entry on the aircraft record card lists, GLUE CON SAL FEA on 18/2/46.

Incident listing for serial number: 42-107748
Mission	Source_id	Description	Serial
101	A00031	Accident Report, 42-107748. 21 Jun 1944	42-107748

Picture listing for serial number: 42-107748
Picture Title	Picture Category	Serial
Blute Crew	Crews	42-107748
"The Ginnie Gee"	Nose Art	42-107748

Loadlist Taxi Sheet listing for serial number: 42-107748
Mission	Date	Station	Box	Flight	Position	Pilot	A/C Squadron	Hardstand	Taxi Code	Serial	Status
60	15 May 1944	166	1	2	2	Blute, J. W.	572		748-P	42-107748
61	19 May 1944	166	2	2	2	Blute, J. W.	572		748-Q	42-107748
64	21 May 1944	166	2	3	6	Goodson, R. G.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748	aborted
65	22 May 1944	166	1	1	5	Blute, J. W.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
66	23 May 1944	166	1	3	2	Smith, J. W.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
67	24 May 1944	166	1	3	5	Jacobs, S. A.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
68	24 May 1944	166	1	3	5	Danforth, G. L.	572		748-Q	42-107748
70	26 May 1944	166	2	1	3	Baehr, R. E.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
71	27 May 1944	166	2	1	2	Baehr, R. E.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
72	27 May 1944	166	2	3	2	Baehr, R. E.	572		748-Q	42-107748
73	28 May 1944	166	2	2	6	Bjork, P. A.	572	6	748-Q1	42-107748	flak
77	30 May 1944	166	1	2	3	Blute, J. W.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
78	31 May 1944	166	1	2	3	Blute, J. W.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
79	01 Jun 1944	166	1	2	2	Baxter, R. E.	572		748-Q	42-107748
80	02 Jun 1944	166	1	3	7	Walker, H. H.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
82	04 Jun 1944	166	2	2	5	Blute, J. W.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
84	06 Jun 1944	166	2	3	2	Koehl, W. F.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
85	06 Jun 1944	166	1	3	2	Hall, E. L.	572		748-Q	42-107748	aborted
87	07 Jun 1944	166	2	2	5	Holliday, R. L.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748	flak
89	08 Jun 1944	166	1	1	6	Boylan, J. J.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
92	11 Jun 1944	166	1	3	1	Shaffner, L. H.	572		748-Q	42-107748
93	12 Jun 1944	166	2	1	6	Dewitt, G. A.	572		748-Q	42-107748
94	13 Jun 1944	166	1	1	5	Boylan, J. J.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
95	13 Jun 1944	166	1	1	2	Blute, J. W.	572		748-Q	42-107748
96	14 Jun 1944	166	2	1	5	Dewitt, G. A.	572		748-Q	42-107748
98	17 Jun 1944	166	2	2	6	Youse, W. H.	572		748-Q	42-107748
99	18 Jun 1944	166	1	3	7	Fry, W. W.			748-	42-107748	spare
100	20 Jun 1944	166	2	1	6	Holliday, R. L.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
101	21 Jun 1944	166	2	2	2	Blute, J. W.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
115	15 Jul 1944	166	2	2	2	Blute, J. W.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
116	16 Jul 1944	166	2	3	7	Fry, W. W.			748-	42-107748	no fly
117	16 Jul 1944	166	2	1	3	Blute, J. W.	572	6	748-O	42-107748
118	18 Jul 1944	166	1	1	2	Blute, J. W.	572		748-Q	42-107748
121	24 Jul 1944	166	2	3	7	Watkinson, A. G.		6	748-D	42-107748	spare
122	25 Jul 1944	166	2	2	2	Blute, J. W.	572		748-G	42-107748
123	26 Jul 1944	166	1	3	2	Blute, J. W.	572		748-Q	42-107748
124	28 Jul 1944	166	1	3	2	Blute, J. W.	572		748-Q	42-107748	flak
125	30 Jul 1944	166	2	2	3	Blute, J. W.	572		748-Q	42-107748
126	31 Jul 1944	166	2	1	5	Blute, J. W.	572		748-Q	42-107748
127	31 Jul 1944	166	2	1	3	Crim, H. L.	572		748-Q	42-107748
128	01 Aug 1944	166	1	3	4	Rutledge, E.	572		748-	42-107748
129	02 Aug 1944	166	1	3	3	Blute, J. W.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
130	03 Aug 1944	166	1	1	3	Blute, J. W.	572		748-Q	42-107748
134	06 Aug 1944	166	2	2	5	Blute, J. W.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
135	07 Aug 1944	166	2	2	5	Hall, E. L.	572		748-Q	42-107748
136	07 Aug 1944	166	2	1	2	Blute, J. W.	572		748-Q	42-107748	flak
137	08 Aug 1944	166	2	2	5	Blute, J. W.	572		748-Q	42-107748
138	08 Aug 1944	166	2	3	5	Boyd, R. H.	573		748-	42-107748
140	10 Aug 1944	166	1	3	3	Blute, J. W.	572		748-Q	42-107748
141	11 Aug 1944	166	1	1	5	Hall, E. L.	572		748-Q	42-107748
142	12 Aug 1944	166	0	1	3	Blute, J. W.	572		748-Q	42-107748
143	13 Aug 1944	166	1	3	5	Crim, H. L.	572		748-Q	42-107748
144	13 Aug 1944	166	2	1	4	Rutledge, E.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748	flak
145	14 Aug 1944	166	1	3	1	Boone, W. R.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
146	15 Aug 1944	166	2	2	2	Hall, E. L.	572		748-Q	42-107748	aborted
152	26 Aug 1944	166	1	3	4	Dewitt, G. A.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748	flak
156	01 Sep 1944	166	2	1	4	Dickinson, R. G.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748	aborted
158	03 Sep 1944	166	2	2	3	Dunn, E. B.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
160	05 Sep 1944	166	1	2	2	Dunn, E. B.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
161	06 Sep 1944	166	1	3	6	Koehl, W. F.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
162	06 Sep 1944	166	1	3	7	Hanlon, J. T.		6	748-Q	42-107748	spare
165	12 Sep 1944	166	1	3	2	Hall, E. L.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
166	12 Sep 1944	166	1	3	2	Hall, E. L.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
167	14 Sep 1944	166	1	3	7	Hall, E. L.		6	748-Q	42-107748	spare
168	16 Sep 1944	166	2	2	2	Hall, E. L.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748	flak
170	23 Sep 1944	166	2	1	3	Hall, E. L.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
171	27 Sep 1944	166	2	3	7	Dillard, F. P.		6	748-Q	42-107748	spare
172	29 Sep 1944	166	1	3	2	Phalon, J. J.	572	6	748-Q	42-107748
-174	05 Oct 1944	A-73	1	2	5	Phalon, J. J.	572		748-Q	42-107748
174	06 Oct 1944	A-73	1	2	5	Phalon, J. J.	572		748-Q	42-107748
175	07 Oct 1944	A-73	1	3	3	Lantz, G. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
176	08 Oct 1944	A-73	1	3	2	Chapin, K. R.	572		748-Q	42-107748
177	12 Oct 1944	A-73	2	4	2	Spare,		60	748-Q	42-107748	spare
178	13 Oct 1944	A-73	1	1	5	Young, P. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
179	14 Oct 1944	A-73	1	1	5	Stevens, J. C.	572		748-Q	42-107748
180	29 Oct 1944	A-73	1	2	2	Kunberger, J. B.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
181	02 Nov 1944	A-73	2	1	6	Lipschultz, J. M.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
182	03 Nov 1944	A-73	2	2	6	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
187	19 Nov 1944	A-73	2	2	5	Chapin, K. R.	572		748-Q	42-107748	flak
190	25 Nov 1944	A-73	1	3	5	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
192	29 Nov 1944	A-73	2	3	2	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
194	01 Dec 1944	A-73	1	2	3	Chapin, K. R.	572		748-Q	42-107748
196	05 Dec 1944	A-73	2	2	6	Lantz, G. R.	572		748-Q	42-107748
197	09 Dec 1944	A-73	1	1	6	Grow, J. A.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
200	12 Dec 1944	A-73	2	1	6	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
201	13 Dec 1944	A-73	2	2	6	Young, P. R.	572		748-Q	42-107748
202	15 Dec 1944	A-73	2	3	7	Chapin, K. R.		60	748-Q	42-107748	spare
206	25 Dec 1944	A-73	1	2	5	Thiedeman, H. A.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
207	25 Dec 1944	A-73	1	2	6	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
208	26 Dec 1944	A-73	2	3	6	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
-210	05 Jan 1945	A-73	2	2	6	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
211	16 Jan 1945	A-73	1	3	2	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
212	22 Jan 1945	A-73	2	2	6	Young, P. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
213	25 Jan 1945	A-73	1	3	2	Brown, H. W.	572		748-Q	42-107748
214	28 Jan 1945	A-73	1	3	3	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748	Aborted
220	08 Feb 1945	A-73	3	2	5	Hess, H. C.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
222	09 Feb 1945	A-73	1	2	4	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
223	10 Feb 1945	A-73	1	2	2	Gates, L. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748	flak
224	13 Feb 1945	A-73	2	3	3	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
225	14 Feb 1945	A-73	2	2	4	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
227	15 Feb 1945	A-73	2	2	6	Thiedeman, H. A.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
228	16 Feb 1945	A-73	0	1	3	Pancoast, R. L.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
229	18 Feb 1945	A-73	1	1	5	Lantz, G. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748	aborted
230	19 Feb 1945	A-73	1	1	5	Lantz, G. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
231	21 Feb 1945	A-73	1	4	2	Thiedeman, H. A.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
232	22 Feb 1945	A-73	2	3	4	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
234	23 Feb 1945	A-73	2	1	3	Harris, W. L.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748	flak
237	24 Feb 1945	A-73	1	3	4	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748	flak
238	25 Feb 1945	A-73	1	2	2	Goble, W.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
239	28 Feb 1945	A-73	1	3	4	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
240	01 Mar 1945	A-73	1	3	4	Stevens, J. C.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
241	02 Mar 1945	A-73	2	2	4	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
242	02 Mar 1945	A-73	2	2	4	Detwiler, E. F.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
243	03 Mar 1945	A-73	2	2	4	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748	flak
244	03 Mar 1945	A-73	2	2	2	Grow, J. A.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
245	04 Mar 1945	A-73	1	3	3	Johnson, C. G.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
247	06 Mar 1945	A-73	1	2	2	Hess, H. C.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
248	08 Mar 1945	A-73	1	3	2	Gonyer, J. E.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
256	15 Mar 1945	A-73	1	2	2	Anderson, A. D.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
257	16 Mar 1945	A-73	1	3	3	Penneman, R. D.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
259	17 Mar 1945	A-73	2	3	4	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
260	18 Mar 1945	A-73	1	2	6	Greene, B. F.	572		748-Q	42-107748	flak
261	18 Mar 1945	A-73	2	2	3	Hess, H. C.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
262	19 Mar 1945	A-73	1	2	4	Chapin, K. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
263	20 Mar 1945	A-73	2	3	2	Macklin, P. G.	572		748-Q	42-107748
264	22 Mar 1945	A-73	1	2	4	Chatellier, J. L.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
265	22 Mar 1945	A-73	1	2	4	Chatellier, J. L.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
266	23 Mar 1945	A-73	1	2	4	Chatellier, J. L.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
267	23 Mar 1945	A-73	1	2	4	Chatellier, J. L.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
268	24 Mar 1945	A-73	2	3	4	Chatellier, J. L.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
269	24 Mar 1945	A-73	1	3	2	Grow, J. A.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748	flak
270	25 Mar 1945	A-73	2	3	4	Chatellier, J. L.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
271	25 Mar 1945	A-73	1	3	4	Thiedeman, H. A.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
272	26 Mar 1945	A-73	2	1	5	Knight, W. C.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
274	30 Mar 1945	A-73	1	2	4	Thiedeman, H. A.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748	flak
275	31 Mar 1945	A-73	1	2	4	Thiedeman, H. A.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748	flak
277	03 Apr 1945	A-73	2	2	4	Grow, J. A.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748	flak
278	04 Apr 1945	A-73	2	2	4	Thiedeman, H. A.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
279	07 Apr 1945	A-73	1	2	2	Pancoast, R. L.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
280	08 Apr 1945	A-73	1	1	3	Hess, H. C.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748	flak
281	08 Apr 1945	A-73	1	3	2	Sabin, E. R.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748
282	09 Apr 1945	A-73	1	3	3	Kirkbride, C. A.	572	60	748-Q	42-107748	flak