Changes: B-24D 42-40774 (Heaven Can Wait)

Latest revision as of 03:56, 10 November 2013

42-40774

AIRCRAFT TYPE: B-24D-95 MANUFACTURE: CO

CONSTRUCTION #: 1851 SERIES NUMBER: 32 / 45

DATE BUILT: 00 May 1943 DATE ACCEPTED: 07 May 1943 DATE SOC: 25 June 1943

AIR FORCE ASSIGNED	DATE OF SERVICE
8th	17 June 43 - 25 June 1943

COMBAT WING ASSIGNED	DATE OF SERVICE
	17 June 43 - 25 June 1943

GROUP ASSIGNED	DATE OF SERVICE
389th	03 June 43 - 25 June 1943

SQUADRON ASSIGNED	DATE OF SERVICE
565th	03 June 43 - 25 June 1943

FINAL LOCATION: Seething AF

GROUP MARKINGS:
SQUADRON MARKINGS:
A/C I.D. MARKINGS: O
MARKINGS ASSIGNED: 22 June 1943

AIRCRAFT NAME (S): Heaven Can Wait

HISTORY

#	DATE	MISSION	PILOT	COMMENTS
	07 May 43	Airfield Location: San Diego
	12 May 43	Airfield Location: Tucson Municipal, AZ		CO - modification center # 2
	31 May 43	Airfield Location: Palm Springs AAF, CA
	03 Jun 43	Airfield Location: Lowry Field, CO		WTTC - Combat Crew Training
	04 Jun 43	Airfield Location: Lincoln AAF, NE		POM - Prepare for Overseas movement
	15 Jun 43	Airfield Location: Presque Isle Field, ME
	16 Jun 43	Airfield Location: Dow Field, ME		Overseas departure field
	16 Jun 43	Airfield Location: Langford Lodge, N. Ireland		UGLY - 8th AF Modification Center
	22 Jun 43	Airfield Location: Hethel Field
end	25 Jun 43	Low Level training	Lt James, H.L.	Mid-air collision with aircraft 42-40687. # 1 & 2 propellors damaged - crashed landed Seething, England - SOC

NOTES

PHOTOS

External References

389th BG Sky Scorpions page

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 ==42-40774==
-'''AIRCRAFT TYPE''':	B-24D-95	'''MANUFACTURE:'''	CO
+'''AIRCRAFT TYPE''': B-24D-95 '''MANUFACTURE:''' CO
-'''CONSTRUCTION #:'''	1851	'''SERIES NUMBER:'''	32 / 45
+'''CONSTRUCTION #:''' 1851 '''SERIES NUMBER:''' 32 / 45
-'''DATE BUILT:'''	00 May 1943	'''DATE ACCEPTED:'''	07 May 1943
+'''DATE BUILT:''' 00 May 1943 '''DATE ACCEPTED:''' 07 May 1943
-'''DATE SOC:'''
+'''DATE SOC:''' 25 June 1943
 <br />
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-! width="200"|AIR FORCE ASSIGNED!! width="200"|DATE OF SERVICE
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 |8th||17 June 43 - 25 June 1943
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-! width="200"|COMBAT WING ASSIGNED!! width="200"|DATE OF SERVICE
+! width="200"|COMBAT WING ASSIGNED
+! width="200"|DATE OF SERVICE
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 |||17 June 43 - 25 June 1943
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-! width="200"|GROUP ASSIGNED!! width="200"|DATE OF SERVICE
+! width="200"|GROUP ASSIGNED
+! width="200"|DATE OF SERVICE
 |-align="center"
 |389th||03 June 43 - 25 June 1943
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 {| class="wikitable|style="text-align:center"
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-! width="200"|SQUADRON ASSIGNED!! width="200"|DATE OF SERVICE
+! width="200"|SQUADRON ASSIGNED
+! width="200"|DATE OF SERVICE
 |-align="center"
 |565th||03 June 43 - 25 June 1943
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 * '''FINAL LOCATION:''' Seething AF
 * ''GROUP MARKINGS:''
 * ''SQUADRON MARKINGS:''
-* ''A/C I.D. MARKINGS:''	'''O'''
+* ''A/C I.D. MARKINGS:'' '''O'''
-* ''MARKINGS ASSIGNED:''	22 June 1943
+* ''MARKINGS ASSIGNED:'' 22 June 1943
-* ''AIRCRAFT NAME (S):''   '''Heaven Can Wait'''
+* ''AIRCRAFT NAME (S):'' '''Heaven Can Wait'''
 ==HISTORY==
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+! width="15"|#
-! width="15"|# !! width="70"|DATE!! width="175"|MISSION!! width="120"|PILOT !! width="175"|COMMENTS
+! width="70"|DATE
+! width="175"|MISSION
+! width="120"|PILOT
+! width="175"|COMMENTS
 |-style="background: #eeeeee;" align="center"
-| ||07 May 43|| Airfield Location:<br /> San Diego||||
+| ||07 May 43|| Airfield Location:<br />San Diego||||
 |-align="center"
-| ||12 May 43|| Airfield Location:<br /> Tucson Municipal, AZ||||CO - modification center # 2
+| ||12 May 43|| Airfield Location:<br />Tucson Municipal, AZ||||CO - modification center # 2
 |-style="background: #eeeeee;" align="center"
-| ||31 May 43|| Airfield Location:<br /> Palm Springs AAF, CA||||
+| ||31 May 43|| Airfield Location:<br />Palm Springs AAF, CA||||
 |-align="center"
-| ||03 Jun 43|| Airfield Location:<br /> Lowry Field, CO||||WTTC - Combat Crew Training
+| ||03 Jun 43|| Airfield Location:<br />Lowry Field, CO||||WTTC - Combat Crew Training
 |-style="background: #eeeeee;" align="center"
-| ||04 Jun 43|| Airfield Location:<br /> Lincoln AAF, NE||||POM - Prepare for Overseas movement
+| ||04 Jun 43|| Airfield Location:<br />Lincoln AAF, NE||||POM - Prepare for Overseas movement
 |-align="center"
-| ||15 Jun 43|| Airfield Location:<br /> Presque Isle Field, ME||||
+| ||15 Jun 43|| Airfield Location:<br />Presque Isle Field, ME||||
 |-style="background: #eeeeee;" align="center"
-| ||16 Jun 43|| Airfield Location:<br /> Dow Field, ME||||Overseas departure field
+| ||16 Jun 43|| Airfield Location:<br />Dow Field, ME||||Overseas departure field
 |-align="center"
-| ||16 Jun 43|| Airfield Location:<br /> Langford Lodge, N. Ireland||||UGLY - 8th AF Modification Center
+| ||16 Jun 43|| Airfield Location:<br />Langford Lodge, N. Ireland||||UGLY - 8th AF Modification Center
 |-style="background: #eeeeee;" align="center"
-| ||22 Jun 43|| Airfield Location:<br /> Hethel Field||||
+| ||22 Jun 43|| Airfield Location:<br />Hethel Field||||
 |-align="center"
 |end||25 Jun 43|| Low Level training || Lt James, H.L.||Mid-air collision with aircraft 42-40687. # 1 & 2 propellors damaged - crashed landed Seething, England - SOC
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