NAME	TP	-	M#	SER	-	BLK	-	MF	SERIAL #	AF	BG	BS	SC	RCL/#	V#-P	PHOTO CREDITS
"159"	B	-	24	H	-	10	-	FO	42-52159	15	449	719	~	16	03-1	N/A

"Tail Shot" - Transferred from 451st BG - Lost 4 Apr 44, ROU - MACR 3879 - Pilot Anthony D. Polink

Contributor - Mark Coffee
Feb 44 - Big "A" and crescent moon on tail in honor of Col. Dal Alkire, 1st Group CO shot down 31 Jan 44 in LURCHIN' URCHIN (41-29223). Downed by fighters over Bucharest 4 Apr 44 with Polink's crew aboard - 3 KIA / 7 POWs

Info Contributor - Georges "Gino" Künzle
This #16 had been previously matched to name CONSOLIDATED MESS as a result of the confusion with a different #16 (41-29203).

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