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TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
FALCON, The |
B |
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24 |
H | - |
25 | - |
FO | 42-95248 | 8 | 466 | 785 | 2U | S+ | 02-3 |
N/A |
Starboard (Right) Side
Info Contributor - Tom
Brittan
Crashed 8 Jan 45 on return from a mission to Wittlich about
1000 yards WNW of Shipdham airbase, after making one low level pass over the
airfield and running out of fuel, it lost about 10 ft of the right wing in a
tree, hit a haystack, went through two hedges and into an ice-covered pond,
coming to rest in the pond, having stopped some 75 ft from a cottage. The nose
was crushed and the left wing was torn off. Salvaged 9 & 10 Jan 45.
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