Aircraft Details for serial number: 43-34326 - Note: Squadron and Codes shown are the most frequent non-blank values | ||||
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Taxi Code | Squadron | Serial | Code | Missions |
326-O | 574 | 43-34326 | 4L-O | 6 |
Aircraft history for serial number: 43-34326 (kindly provided by Paul Clouting). |
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Built at the Glenn L Martin factory at Baltimore, Maryland as a B-26G-5-MA. Accepted by the Army Air Force on 28/6/44. Then flown by New Castle (2nd Ferry Group), Wilmington, Deleware (from 5/7/44), to Raleigh-Durham Municipal Airport, North Carolina (from 7/7/44), and on to the 3rd AF staging area at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia (from 8/7/44). Next went to Dow Field, Bangor, Maine (from 24/7/44), from where the aircraft was flown overseas to the UK via the Northern Ferry Route, departing the USA on 25/7/44. The aircraft record card then lists, GLUE 9AF A (Europe - 9th AF) from 25/7/44, and GLUE 9AF G (Europe - 9th AF) from 4/8/44. Entered combat with the 391st BG / 574th BS on 29/9/44. Suffered battle damage on 9/11/44, flown by 2nd Lt. Ralph H Lesmeister. The aircraft which had flown 5 combat missions was sent to the service group for repairs and was removed from the 391st BG aircraft roster. |
Incident listing for serial number: 43-34326 | |||
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Mission | Source_id | Description | Serial |
0 | A00095 | Accident Report, 43-34326 7 Feb 1945 | 43-34326 |
Loadlist Taxi Sheet listing for serial number: 43-34326 | |||||||||||
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Mission | Date | Station | Box | Flight | Position | Pilot | A/C Squadron | Hardstand | Taxi Code | Serial | Status |
172 | 29 Sep 1944 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Ryan, B. L. | 574 | 30 | 326-O | 43-34326 | |
176 | 08 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Tomon, R. A. | 574 | 326- | 43-34326 | ||
178 | 13 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Bird, S. | 574 | 44 | 326-O | 43-34326 | flak |
179 | 14 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Bischoff, J. R. | 574 | 326-Q | 43-34326 | ||
180 | 29 Oct 1944 | A-73 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Hillier, F. O. | 44 | 326-O | 43-34326 | spare | |
183 | 09 Nov 1944 | A-73 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Lesmeister, R. H. | 574 | 44 | 326-O | 43-34326 |