NAME | TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
TONDELAYO |
B |
- |
24 |
J |
- |
155 |
- |
CO |
44-40284 |
8 |
34 |
391 | ~ | J | 01-4 | N/A |
Artist Sgt. Duane Bryers
Contributor - Brendan
Wood
D-Day 1944
Info Contributor - Tom
Brittan
Originally 8 493 860 (F), transferred
later in June 1944 to 8 34 391 (J). Lost 19 Jul 44. Hit by flak about one minute
after bombs away. All controls were shot away but the pilot managed to maintain
some control. The plane wandered over Dieppe and encountered more flak. Three
crew members bailed out over Dieppe. The plane managed to get back to the
English coast and four crewmen bailed out 15 miles inland. The pilot then headed
the plane back out toward the English Channel and he and the co-pilot bailed
out. The plane flew all the way back across the Strait of Dover and crashed near Wingene, Belgium.
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