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TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
MISSOURI MAULER |
B |
- |
24 |
D | - |
20 | - |
CF | 42-63980 | 8 | 389 | 567 | ~ | Q- | 00-3 |
N/A |
Port (Left) Side - Renamed to PLAYMATE After Transfer to 801st BG
Contributor - Robert Livingstone
Info Contributor - Chris
Gregg
Shown with Pilot Bruce Bilby and crew. Primary Pilot: Lewis Ellis. Arrived overseas
12 Oct 43 and flew first combat
mission 3 Nov 43. Flew a total of 26 combat missions
with the 389th BG. Transferred sometime between 16 Feb and 6 Mar 44.
Info Contributor - Tom
Ensminger
Reassigned to the AF Composite Command in Feb 44 and
flew with the 801st BG (H) (P) through Aug 44 and renamed PLAYMATE. The 801st BG was merged with
the 492nd BG and she continued to fly, traveling to India and
back from Nov 44 to Jan 45 on an OSS trip. Returning to Harrington in Jan 45, she continued to fly
for the 492nd BG as a Carpetbagger plane, and finished out the
war, still showing on a 6 Jul 45 inventory report. Probably
flown back to the states and scrapped.
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