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Bucket Of Bolts / First Sergeant

Serial
42-40127
Tail Code
RE
Radio Call
B · Baker
The Ship

Originally Bucket Of Bolts, this aircraft served with the 93rd's 330th Squadron and then the 329th Squadron, surviving the low-level Ploesti raid of August 1, 1943. In February 1944 she transferred to the 458th Bomb Group's 754th Squadron, was renamed First Sergeant, and became that group's first formation assembly ship. She was destroyed in a ground fire at Horsham St. Faith, England on May 27, 1944, when a Very signal pistol discharged and ignited stored flares.

Data plate.

§ Record of Type
Manufacturer
Consolidated Aircraft Corp. · San Diego, Calif.
Fiscal Year
FY 1942
Block Number
20
Full Designation
B-24D-20-CO
Version
B-24D
Finish
Olive Drab
Date Lost
27 May 1944

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