Service File · AircraftB-24D409th Bombardment SquadronMissing in Action
“Chief Manatee”
Serial
42-63979
Tail Code
YM
Radio Call
U · Uncle
Catalogued Missions
5
Data Plate§ Type
ManufacturerConsolidated Aircraft Corp. · Fort Worth, Tex.
Fiscal YearFY 1942
Block Number20
Full DesignationB-24D-20-CF
VersionB-24D
FinishOlive Drab
Date Lost21 July 1944
MACR7275
Markings & Finish
Olive Drab
Paint finish
Sortie log.
5 flights · oldest first
Date
Target
Type
Pilot · Crew
25 FEB 1944
Fürth
Aviation Industry
Lt. Mazure · 10 aboard
→
02 MAR 1944
Frankfurt Am Main
Marshalling Yard
Lt. Jeffries · 10 aboard
→
29 APR 1944
Berlin
Unknown
Lt. Skjei · 10 aboard
→
04 MAY 1944
Target unrecorded
Lt. Pescharek · 10 aboard
→
08 MAY 1944
Brunswick
Unknown
Lt. Skjei · 11 aboard
→
Sources.
§ Provenance
Joe Baughe · 2023
Website
Plane List
Website
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record