NAME | TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
"254" |
B |
- |
24 |
H |
- |
5 |
- |
CF |
41-29254 |
8 |
453 |
734 |
~ |
O+ |
00-1 |
N/A |
Port (Left) Side - Line #542
Contributor - Brendan Wood
Info Contributor - Tom
Brittan
Crash-landed 10 Feb 44 at Ash Hill Farm, Hilgay, near Southery, on return from
its first and the Group's third mission (target: Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands).
The Pilot was 1st Lt. Robert Bickerstaff, who with his crew #46, had flown "254" to Old Buckenham from Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL, leaving there under ATC orders dated 21 Dec 43.
Salvaged 11 & 12 Feb 44. Note the distribution #542.
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