NAME	TP	-	M#	SER	-	BLK	-	MF	SERIAL #	AF	BG	BS	SC	RCL/#	V#-P	PHOTO CREDITS
SILVER BABE	B	-	24	J	-	155	-	CO	44-40331	15	449	716	~	62	00-2	FREDERICK SMITH

Starboard (Right) Side - Lost 11 Dec 44, AUT - MACR 10389 - Pilot Herman C. Marrone

Contributor - James Richardson
My Father-In-Law, SSgt Frederick Smith, was an Aerial Photographer.

Info Contributor - Mark Coffee
First unpainted silver ship received by the 449th BG. Flown overseas by Kinsinger's crew 24 Apr 44. Received heavy flak damage over Moosbierbaum, Austria, 11 Dec 44, with Marrone's crew aboard. The crew bailed out over the Yugoslav mountains (all evading capture) and returned with the help of local partisans.

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