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Aircraft

Our Babe

Aircraft Serial #: 42-97154

Our Baby Hutchie with Crew

Leonard "Snook" Daniels Collection

Names: Our Babe, Our Babe Hutchie

Squadron: 418th

Pilot: 2LT HUGH HOLLADAY

MACR: 08817

Notes

Aircraft names: Our Babe --- Our Babe Hutchie

Crew Information

7 KIA, 2 POW

History

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DateEvent
February 2, 1944Accepted into inventory
February 4, 1944Cheyenne
February 18, 1944Grand Island
March 4, 1944Presque Isle
March 5, 1944Assigned to UK
May 1, 1944Rudder damage, 20mm Me109 -Lt Forsythe Crew
September 11, 1944FTR - Fighters - Oberwiesenthal, Germany
September 11, 1944FTR - Fighters - Oberwiesenthal, Germany

Media Articles

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Media ItemTypePageVolume/IssueBroadcast SourceTimeDescriptionFile
Howard Williams dodges death in battle with quotesPrintThe Press Democrat May 23 194412:00 am
Howard O Williams and Our Babe part 1PrintSonoma West Time and News June 2 194412:00 am
Howard O Williams and Our Babe part 2PrintSonoma West Time and News June 2 194412:00 am

Comments

**** THIS IS NEW INFORMATION AND CAN BE FOUND IN REVISED MACR'S 0001 AND 0002 FOR LT CARLTON AND LT HOLLADAY. BASED ON NEW INFORMATION FROM JAN ZDIARSKY'S RESEARCH AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE. IT IS NOW FACT THAT LT CARLTON FLEW 42-102695 " AND LT HOLLADAY CREW FLEW 42-97154 "OUR BABE HUTCHIE" ...MPF 2014

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