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37735 (457th BG, *My Gal Ellen*) salvaged Oct<br />

12, 1945.<br />

37737 (381st BG, "Second Year") reduced to<br />

salvage Jun 24, 1944.<br />

37747 (452nd BG, 729th BS) lost Jul 8, 1944,<br />

MACR 7224<br />

37756 (447th BG, 708th BS, *Milk Wagon*) 129<br />

missions with no aborts, returned<br />

to USA Jul 9, 1945, arrived Kingman, AZ<br />

Nov 21, 1945. Sold for scrap Jul 1, 1946<br />

37764 (96th BG, 337th BS, "Boyd's Boids")<br />

crashed into London railway<br />

near Snetterton Heath upon landing<br />

after mission to Germany<br />

Nov 21, 1944. Plane destroyed but all<br />

crew survived.<br />

37765 modified to carry airborne lifeboat<br />

and used by 5th ERS<br />

37766 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Delores*) shot<br />

down by fighters Nov 2, 1944 on mission to Merseberg.<br />

3 KIA, rest POW.<br />

37770 crashlanded at Kelly AFB, TX Jan 14,<br />

1951.<br />

37777 (379th BG, "Four Of A Kind") salvaged<br />

May 1945.<br />

37778 damaged in ground collision at Yuma<br />

AAF, AZ May 25, 1945.<br />

37780 (351st BG) overshot runway during rain<br />

squal Jul 13, 1944 and salvaged<br />

37782 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Lady<br />

Margaret/Lady Katherine*) shot down by flak Nov 2, 1944<br />

on mission to Merseberg. 3 KIA, 6 POW.<br />

37783 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Lucky Sherry"),<br />

(95th BG, 335th BS, "Temptation")<br />

37785 (457th BG, 748th BS, *Tarfu*) returned<br />

to USA Jun 8, 1945.<br />

37789 (96th BG, 413rd BS) loat Mar 9, 1945.<br />

MACR 12958<br />

37791 (381st BG, 533rd BS) failed to return<br />

Dec 18, 1944 and reduced to salvage Jan 5, 1945.<br />

37795 (447th BG, 709th BS, *Miss Minookey*)<br />

crashlanded May 8, 1945 and salvaged.<br />

Returned Jun 1945. Returned to USA Jul<br />

5, 1945, arrived Kingman, AZ Dec 19, 1945.

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