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Aircraft

Yehudi

Aircraft Serial #: 42-107230

Names: Yehudi

Squadron: 349th | Squadron Marking: XR | Tail Marking: B

Pilot: N/A N/A

Notes

Yehudi

Crew Information

N/A

History

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DateEvent
March 28, 1944Tulsa
April 1, 1944Accepted into Inventory
April 6, 1944Kearney
April 14, 1944Dow
April 21, 1944Assigned to UK
December 2, 1944RFO - Frame damaged in spin
December 5, 1944Salvaged
December 5, 1944Salvaged

Media Articles

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Media ItemTypePageVolume/IssueBroadcast SourceTimeDescriptionFile
Elvin Samuelson and Harry Park 3rd Narrow SqueezePrintThe Times June 3 194412:00 am
Gilbert Borba and YehudiPrintThe Californian June 3 194412:00 am

Comments

Known Mission List courtesy of Ray Bowden/USAAF Nose Art Research Project.

Date Pilot Target Notes

7 May 1944 L E Townsend Berlin
8 May 1944 L E Townsend Berlin
9 May 1944 J C Moore Laon-Athies Airfield
11 May 1944 H Rosine Liege Took off late and missed formation (no sortie)
12 May 1944 L E Townsend Brux
13 May 1944 L E Townsend Osnabruck
19 May 1944 L E Townsend Berlin Serious damaged - Cat AC - (TG) destroyed Fw190
23 May 1944 M T Hoskinson Troyes
29 May 1944 J P Keys Leipzig #2 engine shot out, then lost #3
11 Jun 1944 T H Kemp Berck-sur-Mer
12 Jun 1944 F J Herres Basdorf Slight battle damage
14 Jun 1944 T H Kemp Le Culot (abortive)
18 Jun 1944 T H Kemp Brunsbuttelkoog
19 Jun 1944 T H Kemp Corme Ecluse Airfield
20 Jun 1944 T H Kemp Fallersleben Returned early (no sortie) #1 engine oil loss
24 Jun 1944 F J Herres Grand Couronne NoBall V-weapon site
25 Jun 1944 J P Keys South France French Marquis supplies
6 Jul 1944 C V Streed Crepieul NoBall V-weapon site
7 Jul 1944 J E Phelps Bohlen oil refinery
8 Jul 1944 J E Phelps Clamecy-Joigny Rail bridge
11 Jul 1944 C V Streed Munich
12 Jul 1944 T H Kemp Munich (no sortie) took off as spare and returned
13 Jul 1944 T H Kemp Munich
14 Jul 1944 T H Kemp South France French Marquis supplies
17 Jul 1944 T H Kemp Ludwigsburg
18 Jul 1944 T H Kemp Kiel (no sortie) Took off as spare and returned
19 Jul 1944 C V Streed Schweinfurt
20 Jul 1944 T H Kemp Merseburg/Leuna Synthetic oil plant
24 Jul 1944 C V Streed St Lo Tactical support for ground troops
25 Jul 1944 C V Streed St Lo Tactical support for ground troops
28 Jul 1944 T H Kemp Merseburg/Leuna Synthetic oil plant
29 Jul 1944 J Geller Merseburg/Leuna Synthetic oil plant
5 Aug 1944 J P Keys Magdeburg (no sortie) failed to take off - engine trouble
6 Aug 1944 J P Keys Berlin
8 Aug 1944 H W Woodall St Sylvain
14 Aug 1944 T H Kemp Ludwigshaven
15 Aug 1944 R L Heironimus Venlo airfield
24 Aug 1944 W E Bailey Ruhland Oil refinery
25 Aug 1944 W E Bailey Politz Oil refinery
26 Aug 1944 W E Bailey Brest
30 Aug 1944 W E Bailey Bremen
8 Sep 1944 W E Bailey Mainz
10 Sep 1944 W E Bailey Nurnburg
18 Sep 1944 W A Charles Warsaw "7 holes in ship!"
19 Sep 1944 W A Charles Szolnok
27 Sep 1944 W E Bailey Ludwigshaven
3 Oct 1944 ?? Nurnberg - Ludwigsburg
26 Nov 1944 ?? Hamm rail yards Cat A battle damage
2 Dec 1944 D Naar / W V Wilson Coblenz recalled Caught in B24 formation prop wash and spun down 9000ft, returned with severely twisted tail. SALVAGED

Additional Photos

John P. Keys Crew

Lt John P. Keys Crew with 2107230: Yehudi The John P. Keys crew: (Left to Right) John P. Keys, Patrick H. Lollis, Elton Dickens, Elvin W. Samuelson, Peter P. Martin, Harry D. Park, Gilbert A. Borba, Donald V. Rieger Frank O. Thomas, Joseph A. Costanza,