Th' INHOOMIN CRITTER (PIC 1)

NAME	TP	-	M#	SER	-	BLK	-	MF	SERIAL #	AF	BG	BS	SC	RCL/#	V#-P	PHOTO CREDITS
INHOOMIN CRITTER, Th'	B	-	24	G	-	15	-	NT	42-78341	15	449	718	~	21	00-1	O. M. COFFEE

Starboard (Right) Side - Character from "Li'l Abner Comics" (Creator - Al Capp)
Lost 9 Jul 44, ROU - MACR 7011 Pg1 / Pg2 - Pilot Clyde E. Driggers

Contributor - Mark Coffee
Ship #21 (flown by Linn's crew) Th' INHOOMIN CRITTER unloads 1000 pound bombs on the Latisana, Italy Rail Road Bridge 6 Jul 44. Replacement ship received 5 May 44 and lost 9 Jul 44 on return from attacking the Concordia-Vega refinery on the 449th's BG's "Presidential Unit Citation" mission to Ploesti, Romania. Was hit by flak over the target area and was seen to be jettisoning equipment (had the #3 engine feathered at Kragojevac). At Visegrad, Lt. Drigger's crew bailed out and nine chutes were seen to open. One of three 449th Bomb Group's ships lost that day. (Bombing was by Pathfinder methods through the Ploesti smoke screen and was highly successful.)