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Port (Left) Side - Lost 14 Jul 43, ITA - MACR 16453 - Pilot Frank W. Ellis
Contributor - Robert Livingstone
Info Contributor - Chris
Gregg
Arrived overseas 16 Jun 43. Hit by flak over Messina
14 July 43 and landed in Malta. The damage kept the aircraft from flying the
Ploesti mission on 1 Aug 43. Crash-landed and was abandoned/salvaged in Tunisia
after second detached service to North Africa, Oct 43.
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