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TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
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BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
SOUTHERN QUEEN IV |
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CF | 42-63959 | 8 | 389 | 564 | YO | L | 00-1 |
BERNARD A. KOTFILA |
Starboard (Right) Side
Contributor - Peter Simpson
Info Contributor - Christopher
S. Gregg
Accepted into the USAAF inventory 10 Aug 43, and arrived overseas
17 Sep 43. Apparently
it crash-landed 10 May 44 and was put out of service. Started in the 564th BS, then
transferred to the 566th BS, when the 564th BS became a pathfinder squadron in Mar 44. Flew 41 missions, with 2 aborts. 31 missions were with the 564th BS, and
the remainder was with the 566th BS.
Info Contributor - Tom
Brittan
Assignments:
8 44 66 RCL: E 26 Sep - 9 Oct 43
8 389 564 YO L until mid-Mar 44 then 566 RR L+ until mid-May 44
Modified to Carpetbagger at BAD 1
801/492 406/858 RCL: E 31 May - Dec 44 when turned in obsolescent (830 Hrs)
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