AIRCRAFT TYPE: B-24D-160 MANUFACTURE: CO
CONSTRUCTION #: 2413 SERIES NUMBER: 29 / 50
DATE BUILT: 00 August 1943 DATE ACCEPTED: 02 August 1943 DATE SOC:
AIR FORCE ASSIGNED | DATE OF SERVICE |
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9th | 16 Sep 43 – 18 Sep 43 |
12th | 18 Sep 43 – 01 Nov 43 |
15th | 01 Nov 43 – 00 Apr 44 |
COMBAT WING ASSIGNED | DATE OF SERVICE |
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5th | 18 Sep 43 – 01 Nov 43 |
47th | 01 Nov 43 – 00 Apr 44 |
GROUP ASSIGNED | DATE OF SERVICE |
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376th | 16 Sep 43 – 00 Apr 44 |
SQUADRON ASSIGNED | DATE OF SERVICE |
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512nd | 16 Sep 43 – 00 Apr 44 |
- GROUP MARKINGS: Circle 2
- SQUADRON MARKINGS:
- A/C I.D. MARKINGS: 24 V
- MARKINGS ASSIGNED: 00 Aug 43
- AIRCRAFT NAME (S): Strawberry Bitch
- FINAL LOCATION: United States Air Force Museum - Dayton, OH
HISTORY[]
# | DATE | MISSION | PILOT | COMMENTS |
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00Aug 43 | Airfield Location: Herington AAB, KS |
2nd Lt Rice, D.P. | Acceptance & training | |
28 Aug 43 | Airfield Location: Dow Field, ME |
2nd Lt Rice, D.P. | First leg overseas departure | |
29 Aug 43 | Airfield Location: Gander, Newfoundland |
2nd Lt Rice, D.P. | Operations Orders Number 398 crew number 34-4 | |
01 Sep 43 | Airfield Location: Prestwick, Scotland |
2nd Lt Rice, D.P. | ||
02 Sep 43 | Airfield Location: St Mawgen, Cornwall |
2nd Lt Rice, D.P. | Fuel leak: auxiliary wing tip tank system | |
03 Sep 43 | Airfield Location: Watton, England |
2nd Lt Rice, D.P. | ||
06 Sep 43 | Airfield Location: St Mawgen, Cornwall |
2nd Lt Rice, D.P. | ||
07 Sep 43 | Airfield Location: Marrakech |
2nd Lt Rice, D.P. | ||
07 Sep 43 | Airfield Location: Algiers |
2nd Lt Rice, D.P. | ||
11 Sep 43 | Airfield Location: Tripoli |
2nd Lt Rice, D.P | ||
07 Sep 43 | Airfield Location: Devesoir |
2nd Lt Rice, D.P | Combat modifications | |
16 Sep 43 | Airfield Location: Berka 2 – Benghazi, Libya |
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1 | 20 Sep 43 | Castel Franca Verto, Italy Target: RR yard |
1st Lt Iverson, K.P. | Primary overcast - bombed Pescara airfield. # 3 engine mixture control jammed. |
2 | 22 Sep 43 | Athens, Greece Target: airfield |
1st Lt Iovine, G. | |
24 Sep 43 | Airfield Location: Enfidaville, Tunisia |
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3 | 22 Sep 43 | Wiener Neustadt, Austria Target: aircraft manufacture |
2nd Lt. Brown, P.H | Combat damage (AA): 7 holes in airframe, antenna damaged |
4 | 04 Oct 43 | Athens, Greece Target: Tatoi airfield |
2nd Lt. Rice, D.P. | |
5 | 05 Oct 43 | Athens, Greece Target: Eleusis airfield |
2nd Lt. Rice, D.P. | Combat damage (AA): two holes in airframe Combat damage (Me109): top turret, wings, stabilizers damaged |
6 | 10 Nov 43 | Villar Perosa, Italy Target: Ball-bearing mfg |
2nd Lt. Rice, D.P. | |
7 | 11 Nov 43 | Annecy, France Target: Ball-bearing mfg |
2nd Lt. Rice, D.P. | |
8 | 15 Nov 43 | Athens Greece Target: Eleusis airfield |
2nd Lt. Brown, P.H | |
17 Nov 43 | Airfield Location: San Pancrazio, Italy |
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25 Nov 43 | Klagenfurt, Austria Target: airfield |
2nd Lt. Brown, P.H | Aborted:weather | |
9 | 28 Nov 43 | Dogna, Italy Target: tunnel and viaduct |
2nd Lt. Haigh, T. | |
29 Nov 43 | Rome, Italy Target: airfield |
2nd Lt. Rice, D.P. | Aborted:weather | |
30 Nov 43 | Klagenfurt, Austria Target: aircraft manufacture |
2nd Lt. Collison, J.M. | Aborted:weather | |
10 | 14 Dec 43 | Anthens, Greece Target: Tatori airfield |
1st Lt. Jackson | |
11 | 15 Dec 43 | Avisio, Italy Target: railroad viaduct |
2nd Lt. Rice, D.P. | |
12 | 25 Dec 43 | Vicenza, Italy Target: airfield |
2nd Lt. Wenzinger | |
13 | 23 Feb 44 | Steyr, Austria Target: aircraft manufacture |
2nd Lt. Burton, D. | |
00 Apr 44 | ZOI | |||
00 00 45 | Airfield Location: Freeman Field, IL |
Stored: museum aircraft | ||
09 May 46 | Airfield Location: Orchard Park, IL |
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06 Jun 46 | Ferry Flight: Tuscon, AZ |
Stored: museum aircraft | ||
12 May 59 | Ferry flight | Col Shower, A | To United States Air Force Museum, Dayton, OH | |
13 May 59 | Airfield Location Wright-Patterson AFB, OH |
On display |
NOTES[]
- Pilot Dan Rice in his memoirs remembers aborting the 15 December 1943 mission due to a blown cyclinder on # 4 engine - 376th records do not confirm.
- Aircraft was named at Herington Air Force Base, KS by the Flight Engineer Sergeant Haberman - the Vargas girl was painted on at San Pancrazio, Italy.