Aircraft Details for serial number: 42-96314 - Note: Squadron and Codes shown are the most frequent non-blank values | ||||
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Taxi Code | Squadron | Serial | Code | Missions |
314-H | 574 | 42-96314 | 4L-H | 10 |
Aircraft history for serial number: 42-96314 (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 10/3/44. Then went to the 3rd AF staging area at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia (from 13/3/44). Next went to Homestead Army Air Field, Florida (from 4/4/44), from where the aircraft was flown overseas to the UK via the Southern Ferry Route, departing the USA on 4/4/44. The aircraft record card then lists, SOXO 9AF A (Europe - 9th AF) from 3/4/44, and GLUE 9AF R (Europe - 9th AF) from 20/4/44. Entered combat with the 391st BG / 574th BS on 3/8/44. Badly damaged by flak on the 16/8/44 mission to Fismes, France, including a damaged left engine. The aircraft flown by Lt. Peter Metelsky, crashed whilst attempting to land at Matching Green on return, suffered Cat. E damage and was salvaged. Three of the crew were slightly injured. The final entry on the aircraft record card lists, GLUE 9AF CON SAL BD on 16/8/44. |
Loadlist Taxi Sheet listing for serial number: 42-96314 | |||||||||||
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Mission | Date | Station | Box | Flight | Position | Pilot | A/C Squadron | Hardstand | Taxi Code | Serial | Status |
130 | 03 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Hollis, W. N. | 574 | 314-H | 42-96314 | ||
134 | 06 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Talton, J. R. | 574 | 29 | 314-H | 42-96314 | |
135 | 07 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Horridge, R. M. | 574 | 314-H | 42-96314 | ||
136 | 07 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Watkinson, A. G. | 574 | 314-H | 42-96314 | flak | |
138 | 08 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Holliday, R. L. | 574 | 314-H | 42-96314 | flak | |
140 | 10 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 3 | McClurkin, J. D. | 574 | 314-H | 42-96314 | ||
144 | 13 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Adamson, J. | 574 | 29 | 314-H | 42-96314 | aborted |
145 | 14 Aug 1944 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 7 | Barker, F. E. | 29 | 314-H | 42-96314 | spare | |
146 | 15 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Newman, R. A. | 574 | 314- | 42-96314 | flak | |
147 | 16 Aug 1944 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Metelsky, P. | 574 | 35 | 314-H | 42-96314 | flak |