Service File · AircraftB-24H409th Bombardment SquadronScrapped
“Silver Eagle”
Serial
42-50362
Tail Code
YM
Radio Call
J · Jig
Catalogued Missions
8
Data Plate§ Type
ManufacturerConsolidated Aircraft Corp. · Fort Worth, Tex.
Fiscal YearFY 1942
Block Number25
Full DesignationB-24H-25-CF
VersionB-24H
FinishNatural Metal
Date Lost10 January 1945
Markings & Finish
Natural Metal
Paint finish
Sortie log.
8 flights · oldest first
Date
Target
Type
Pilot · Crew
12 SEP 1944
Hemmingstedt
Oil Refinery
Lt. Westrem · 9 aboard
→
09 NOV 1944
Metz
Transportation Targets
Lt. McGuire · 8 aboard
→
24 DEC 1944
Ahrweiller
Unknown
Lt. Bridgeman · 10 aboard
→
25 DEC 1944
Hallschlag
Communications Centre
Lt. Bridgeman · 10 aboard
→
05 JAN 1945
Target unrecorded
— · 1 aboard
→
05 JAN 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Smith · 10 aboard
→
06 JAN 1945
Bonn Rhine H/B
Highway Bridge
Lt. Searles · 10 aboard
→
10 JAN 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Searles · 10 aboard
→
Sources.
§ Provenance
mc_371-117_aircraft_lists
Website
Joe Baughe · 2023
Website
Plane List
Website
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record