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Aug <strong>17</strong>, 1943 during Schweinfurt raid 1<br />

KIA, 6 POW, 3 evaded.<br />

MACR 379<br />

30141 (96th BG, 337th BS) lost Jul 28, 1943.<br />

MACR 140<br />

30142 (388th BG, 560th BS, "Pistol Packin'<br />

Mama") shot down by<br />

Lt Horst Ertmann in Fw 190A-6 of FG 1/II<br />

Stab between<br />

Biervliet and Ijzendijke, Netherlands<br />

Nov 5, 1943. MACR 3123.<br />

2 KIA, 7 POW, 1 evaded.<br />

30143 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Yankee<br />

Powerhouse*) MIA Jun 25, 1943 on mission<br />

to Hamburg, Germany. MACR 16378<br />

30144 tried to land on unfinished airfield,<br />

ended up bellylanding in<br />

field near Walsham-le-Willows, England<br />

Jun 27, 1943<br />

30145 to Royal Aircraft Establishment,<br />

Farnborough, England<br />

Jan 7, 1944 for "range tests".<br />

Returned to USAAF<br />

Feb 7, 1944. ("Green Hornet") used as<br />

<strong>com</strong>munications aircraft<br />

by 486th BG.<br />

30146 (333rd BS, 94th BG, *Down and Go*)<br />

belly-landed near Copenhagen after mission to<br />

to Warnemunde Jul 29, 1943 after hit by<br />

flak. 1 KIA, 9 POW. MACR 202. Salvaged by Luftwaffe and<br />

operated as A3+BB, A3+EE. Exploded on<br />

takeoff Feb 9, 1945, killing crew and 10 Vichy agents.<br />

30147 (384th BG, 544th BS, *M'Honey/Flak<br />

Dancer*) show down by Fw. Kark-Heinz Zeschke<br />

in Fw 190A of JG 26/6 at Moutmolen,<br />

Belgium Aug <strong>17</strong>, 1943 on mission<br />

to Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 291<br />

30149 (94th BG, 332nd BS, "Spare Parts")<br />

damaged and crashed near<br />

Bamberg, Germany Oct 14, 1943. 10 POW.<br />

MACR 790<br />

30150 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "Exterminator")<br />

lost Jul 28, 1943. MACR 214<br />

30151 (381st BG, 532rd BS, *Spare Parts*)

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