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MACR 10030<br />

6183 (97th BG, 342nd BS) lost over Austria<br />

Jul 25, 1944. MACR 7125<br />

6186 (301st BG, 419th BS) lost Dec 2, 1944.<br />

MACR 10790<br />

6187 (97th BG, 342nd BS) lost Jul 16, 1944,<br />

Austria. MACR 6825<br />

6188 (97th BG, 342nd BS) lost Jul 19, 1944.<br />

MACR 6745<br />

6189 (301st BG) lost Jul 26, 1944, Austria.<br />

MACR 7141<br />

6190 (463rd BG, 775th BS) lost Dec 10, 1944.<br />

MACR 10689<br />

6194 (463rd BG, 772nd BS, "Berlin Sleeper<br />

III") lost Aug 19, 1944. MACR 97<strong>17</strong><br />

6197 (97th BG, 414th BS) lost Jul 22, 1944.<br />

MACR 6855<br />

6198 (2nd BG, 429th BS) lost Feb 21, 1945.<br />

MACR 12461<br />

6199 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost Jan 21, 1945,<br />

Austria. MACR 11539<br />

6201 (483rd BG) lost Jul 30, 1944, Hungary<br />

44-6251/6500 Douglas/Long Beach B-<strong>17</strong>G-50-DL Fortress<br />

c/n 22474/22723<br />

6251 (463rd BG, "The Atoner #2")<br />

6252 (482nd BG) was first aircraft to arrive<br />

in England (Sep 1944) fitted with<br />

AN/APQ-7 Eagle radar for trial<br />

operational <strong>com</strong>bat sorties.<br />

6258 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost Jul 16, 1944,<br />

Austria. MACR 6686<br />

6268 (99th BG) lost Jan 20, 1945, Italy<br />

6270 (97th BG, 414th BS) lost Jul 16, 1944,<br />

Austria. MACR 6961<br />

6271 (463rd BG, originally "The White<br />

Charger" later "Magnificent Malfunction").<br />

Shot down Apr 20, 1945 (MACR 14019)<br />

6276 (463rd BG, 772nd BS) lost Jul 25, 1944.<br />

MACR 7001<br />

6290 (487th BG) crashed in<br />

Merchweile-Wemmetsweiler, Saarland, Germany Nov 9, 1944 after<br />

flak hits<br />

over Saarbrucken. 2 KIA, 7 POW.<br />

6291 (303rd BG) shot down Aug 15, 1944 on

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