Service File · AircraftB-24H409th Bombardment SquadronScrapped
“Angel”
Serial
42-94965
Tail Code
YM
Radio Call
L · Love
Catalogued Missions
1
The Ship
Named 'Angel' and marked with nose art depicting a cow, this B-24H served with the 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group (call letter L).
The aircraft crash-landed at Hardwick (Station 104), England on 12 October 1944, with pilot Edward L. McGuire Jr. at the controls, and again at Villers-la-Chèvre, France on 11 December 1944, with pilot Theodore R. Smith.
Sortie log.
1 flight · oldest first
Date
Target
Type
Pilot · Crew
12 OCT 1944
Osnabrück
Marshalling Yard
Lt. McGuire · 10 aboard
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Photographs.
6 on file
Sources.
§ Provenance
http://www.b24bestweb.com/angel-v1-3.htm
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/angel-v1-5.htm
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/angel-v1-6.htm
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/angel-v1-7.htm
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/angel-v1-1.htm
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/angel-v1-2.htm
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Joe Baughe · 2023
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2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
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