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TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
PRINCESS KONOCTI |
B |
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24 |
J | - |
80 | - |
CO | 42-100190 | 8 | 389 | 566 | RR | J+ | 00-2 | N/A |
Starboard (Right) Side - Color Image - Walt Disney Character - "Bambi" Named
"BOMBI"
Interned 20 Jun 44 Halmstad, SWE - MACR 5925 - Pilot Robert W. Roeder
(565th BS) Crew
Contributor - Brendan Wood
Info Contributor - Christian
Bolgen
One of two B-24s that made
emergency landings at Halmstad, Sweden.
Info Contributor - Chris Gregg
Named by Pilot William H. Wambold (566th BS) who was born in Lakeport, CA. Mount
Konocti, a volcano in Lake County, is about 10 miles from Lakeport.
Assignments:
04 Dec 43 - Completed
19
Jan 43 - Arrived over seas
19
Jan 44 - 31 May 44 - Flew 38 combat missions
(24 Feb 44 mission to Gotha, & 8 Mar 44 mission to
Berlin!)
Jun 44 - Flew an unknown (to me anyway) number of missions
20
Jun 44 - Interned at Halmstad, Sweden
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