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CO | 41-24282 | 8 | 44 | 506 | ~ | Y | 00-4 | N/A |
"Tail Shot" - Survived Operation TIDAL
WAVE, 1 Aug 43, Ploesti Romania - Featured in "Ruth-Less and Far from Home"
Contributor - Stephen
Adams
This was one of the original 506th BS
aircraft, and was flown by the Slough crew for the 1 Aug 43
mission to Ploesti. Lost while returning from Watten, France and crashed into the side of a hill while trying to make a
emergency landing at Friston, Sussex. Lt. Bolin and his crew were killed 2 Feb 44.
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