NAME | TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
DIXIE BELLE |
B |
- |
24 |
H | - |
5 | - |
CF | 41-29193 | 15 | 449 | 719 | ~ | 13 | 01-2 |
N/A |
Port (Left) Side - Lost 4 Apr 44, ROU -
MACR 4205 - Pilot
Richard W. Kendall
Note: MACR has Erroneous S/N 41-29093
Info Contributor -
Mark Coffee
An original cadre ship acquired 1 Nov 43 and assigned to Grimmer's crew who flew her overseas in Dec 43. The pilot named her
after a girl friend in Topeka, just before leaving for overseas. The Crew
Chief was Sgt. Rudolph Lesquere. DIXIE BELLE was downed over
Bucharest, Romania 4 Apr 44. This was the Presidential Unit Citation mission
with Kendall's crew aboard. Shortly after the target, during the midst
of the furious air battle with enemy fighters, DIXIE BELLE was observed to
fall out of formation with the number-3 engine on fire. 2 KIA and 8
POW
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