| Aircraft Details for serial number: 42-96313 - Note: Squadron and Codes shown are the most frequent non-blank values | ||||
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| Taxi Code | Squadron | Serial | Code | Missions |
| 313-Z | 572 | 42-96313 | P2-Z | 51 |
| Aircraft history for serial number: 42-96313 (kindly provided by Paul Clouting). |
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| Built at the Glenn L Martin factory at Baltimore, Maryland as a B-26F-1-MA. Accepted by the Army Air Force on 9/3/44. Then listed as flown by New Castle (2nd Ferry Group), Wilmington, Deleware (from 13/3/44), to the 3rd AF staging area at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia (from 14/3/44). Next went to Homestead Army Air Field, Florida (from 13/4/44), from where the aircraft was flown overseas to the UK via the Southern Ferry Route, departing the USA on 16/4/44. The aircraft record card then lists, SOXO 9AF A (Europe - 9th AF) from 15/4/44, and GLUE 9AF R (Europe - 9th AF) from 27/4/44. Entered combat with the 391st BG / 572nd BS in July 1944. The aircraft record card then lists, GLUE 9AF CON INV on 31/10/44, and SOXO CON INV ERR on 27/11/44. Hit prop wash on landing back at A-73 Roye/Amy, France and crashed, returning from the 22/1/45 mission to Gerolstein, Germany. The aircraft flown by 2nd Lt. Gerald R Lantz suffered Cat.4 damage and was salvaged. The final entry on the aircraft record card lists, GLUE 9AF CON SAL NBD on 22/1/45. |
| Incident listing for serial number: 42-96313 | |||
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| Mission | Source_id | Description | Serial |
| 212 | A00054 | Accident Report, 42-96313. 22 Jan 1945 | 42-96313 |
| Picture listing for serial number: 42-96313 | ||
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| Picture Title | Picture Category | Serial |
| "Princess" with 2 unknown persons | Nose Art | 42-96313 |
| Loadlist Taxi Sheet listing for serial number: 42-96313 | |||||||||||
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| Mission | Date | Station | Box | Flight | Position | Pilot | A/C Squadron | Hardstand | Taxi Code | Serial | Status |
| 118 | 18 Jul 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Smith, J. W. | 572 | 313- | 42-96313 | flak | |
| 119 | 19 Jul 1944 | 166 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Koehl, W. F. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 123 | 26 Jul 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Wolfe, W. W. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 128 | 01 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 7 | Salmon, D. J. | 313- | 42-96313 | spare | ||
| 130 | 03 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 134 | 06 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 5 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 136 | 07 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 137 | 08 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Chatellier, J. L. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 139 | 10 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Ryan, B. L. | 572 | 313- | 42-96313 | ||
| 140 | 10 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 141 | 11 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 143 | 13 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Holliday, R. L. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 145 | 14 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Dunn, E. B. | 572 | 8 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 146 | 15 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 147 | 16 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 8 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 149 | 17 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Spare, | 8 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | spare | |
| 151 | 25 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Baxter, R. E. | 572 | 8 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 155 | 30 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Spare, | 7 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | spare | |
| 156 | 01 Sep 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 7 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 158 | 03 Sep 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Bollinger, C. M. | 572 | 7 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 160 | 05 Sep 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Bjork, P. A. | 572 | 7 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 168 | 16 Sep 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 7 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 170 | 23 Sep 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Dewitt, G. A. | 572 | 7 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 171 | 27 Sep 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Clapham, L. M. | 572 | 7 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 172 | 29 Sep 1944 | 166 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 7 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 173 | 02 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| -174 | 05 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 174 | 06 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | flak | |
| 175 | 07 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 3 | 7 | Reynolds, J. J. | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | spare | |
| 176 | 08 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Detwiler, E. F. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 178 | 13 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Kunberger, J. B. | 572 | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 179 | 14 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Allen, C. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 181 | 02 Nov 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 63 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 182 | 03 Nov 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Phalon, J. J. | 572 | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 184 | 10 Nov 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Chapin, K. R. | 572 | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 187 | 19 Nov 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | flak | |
| 188 | 19 Nov 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Penneman, R. D. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 190 | 25 Nov 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | flak |
| 191 | 28 Nov 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 194 | 01 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 195 | 02 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 196 | 05 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | ||
| 197 | 09 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Lantz, G. R. | 572 | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 199 | 11 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Spare Lead, | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | spare | |
| 200 | 12 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 202 | 15 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Reynolds, J. J. | 572 | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 206 | 25 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Young, P. R. | 572 | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 207 | 25 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Main, S. L. | 572 | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 208 | 26 Dec 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Mackay, L. C. | 572 | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| -210 | 05 Jan 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Allen, C. | 572 | PL | 313-Z | 42-96313 | |
| 212 | 22 Jan 1945 | A-73 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Lantz, G. R. | 572 | 60 | 313-Z | 42-96313 | accident |