 NAME
|
TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
|
AVENGER |
B |
- |
24 |
D |
- |
5 | - |
CO | 41-23788 |
8 |
44 | 68 | ~ | D | 00-4 |
N/A |
Port (Left) Side -
Survived Operation TIDAL WAVE, 1 Aug 43, Ploesti Romania (Horizontal Mission
Marker)
Lost 16 Dec 43, GER - MACR
4709 - Pilot Parke H. Jones, Jr.
Info Contributor -
Anthony
Gaster
The dog "Rusty" also flew on the 1 Aug 43 Ploesti
Mission.
Info Contributor - Tom
Brittan
Original aircraft received 20 Sep 42 in the 44th BG. RCL changed from "D" to "S" in Sep 43. Belly-landed, exploded and
burned 16 Dec 43 in a minefield on the beach in the mouth of the river Humber,
off Skeffling, East Riding, Yorkshire, on a mission to Bremen. Salvaged 29 & 30
Dec 43.
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