"No Feathered Injun" B-24H #42-4886
The aircraft was shot down while on loan to the 392nd Bomb Group in September, 1944. It had been modified and was being used to transport and drop supplies for troops in "Operation Market Garden" over Holland.
August 15th, 1944 Broken Silence
"True Love" Lost
On August 15th 1944, the 787th BS were returning from what he'd been fairly minimal resistance from a Mission to the Airfield at Vechta, Germany. As they were returning, they had a fairly thick cloud cover to fly over. While still over Germany, someone broke radio silence. Unknowingly they were right over a German airstrip housing the new Jet assisted fighters. Within three minutes the attack came and 4 of 7 B-24's were shot down after one pass.
PALE ALE B-24H #42-50336
The control cables snapped over Belgium while flying a mission to Nurnburg, The aircraft was flown by Robert G. Gordon. The crew were forced to bail out. 3 KIA - February 20, 1945
Consolidated Mess B-24J #44-40463
SNARK B-24 41-293837
One of the original 466th B-24's flown by the "Malcom Dike Crew from March 23- July 24, 1944. On August 8, 1944 the aircraft was flown by the Kinsey crew and crash-landed at an airstrip on the coast of Kent. It was badly damaged and was never flown again.
BIFF BAM B-24H # 42-95283
"Biff-Bam" was one of three aircraft that survived an attack of German Jet Fighters on August 15th, 1944 as they returned from the Mission to the Airfield in Vechta Germany. The group returned over cloud cover but radio silence was broken. Within three minutes German Jet-Assisted Fighters attacked the group and after one pass 4 of seven B-24's were shot down. "Biff Bam" was flown by Squadron Commander Maj. John Jacobowitz.
