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Aircraft

Duration + 6

Aircraft Serial #: 42-5862

Names: Duration + 6

Squadron: 350th | Squadron Marking: LN | Tail Marking: T

Pilot: CAPT RICHARD CAREY

MACR: 00117

Notes

Assigned to original cadre,
Crew 11 --- Duration + 6

Crew Information

6 KIA, 4 POW

History

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DateEvent
March 27, 1943Accepted into inventory
March 31, 1943Long Beach
April 2, 1943Denver
April 15, 1943Kearney
May 2, 1943Wendover
May 13, 1943Dow
May 29, 1943Assigned to UK
July 10, 1943REM - feathered prop
July 25, 1943FTR - Flak - North Sea
July 25, 1943FTR - Flak - North Sea

Comments

Duration Plus Six

1. June 25, 1943 - Bremen- Lt Roy Claytor

2. June 28, 1943-St Nazaire, Lt Roy Claytor

3. June 29, 1943- LeMans, Lt Roy Claytor

4. July 4, 1943 - La Pallice-Lt Roy Claytor

July 10, 1943- Le Bourget, Lt Roy Claytor, returned early, mechanical problem, engined feathered. No mission credit

5. July 14, 1943- LeBourget, Lt Roy Claytor

6. July 17, 1943 - Hamburg- Lt Roy Claytor

July 25, 1943-Kiel- Capt Richard Carey , Failed to Return, shot down and Crashed in North Sea.

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