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HAP HAZARD |
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24 |
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FO | 42-7580 | ~ |
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SAM STURGIS |
Port (Left) Side - Shown with Experimental Bell Chin Turret (B-26 Tail Turret) 1944
Info Contributor - Tom
Brittan
Original 445th BG aircraft - arrived in UK on 24 Nov 43. Not listed on a report dated 28 Dec 43 from 445 BG to 2BD of names and pictures on aircraft. Repaired at Woodbridge, Suffolk, 23 Apr - 12 May 44 - structural damage. Flew 27 combat missions with
445th BG / 703rd BS (RN G). Original Emerson A-15 nose turret was replaced by a special "glasshouse" cover with a Bell power turret taken from a B-26 tail position and installed in the lower part of the nose, with the bomb sight and clear sight panel positioned above. Declared war weary Aug 44. Flown by Col. Al Key for Operational Engineering back to Wright Field, USA, on 6 Nov 44.
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