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TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
SWEET CHARIOT |
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24 |
J | - |
145 | - |
CO | 44-40087 | 8 | 492 | 856 | 5Z | Z | 04-1 | N/A |
Contributor - Brendan Wood
Info Contributor -
Douglas Sheley
2nd Lt. Hugh A. Shalvoy (pilot) crashed at the end of the runway at Bury St.
Edmunds while returning from the 492nd Bomb Group's first operational mission,
bombing the marshaling yards at Mulhouse, France. Every crew member was injured
in the crash but only one, 2Lt. George D. Metzger (navigator), was killed.
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