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Aircraft

Pathfinder PFF

Aircraft Serial #: 44-8784

Names: Pathfinder PFF

Squadron: 351st | Squadron Marking: EP | Tail Marking: M

Pilot: N/A N/A

Notes

Originally assigned to 390th BG, 570th BS, call sign Z

Crew Information

N/A

History

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DateEvent
December 25, 1944Cheyenne
December 27, 1944Accepted into Inventory
January 2, 1945Hunter
February 4, 1945Grenier
February 4, 1945Assigned to UK
February 15, 1945Assigned to 390th BG Framlingham
May 28, 1945Transferred to 100th BG, Thorpe Abbotts
October 19, 1945Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
January 9, 1946Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (Salvaged)
January 9, 1946Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (Salvaged)

Comments

48784 EP-M arrived at Thorpe Abbotts sometime in late May, 1945. We know that because she replaced 258 EP-M on Hardstand # 5 sometime after 19 May, 1945 (DIXON aboard 258 M 5 to Horsching DP Ferry) and before her first KNOWN flight based on formation sheets 12 June, 1945 to Casablanca GREEN SUPPORT Troop Ferry "TIBENHAM" with SHADDIX flying, 784 M, HS 5-(Jack O'Leary)

Additional Photos

48784

While stationed with 390th BG at Framlingham