b24j

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Ford-built B-24J (B-24J-5-FO), USAAF Ser. No. 42-50760 (c/n 2645), named "Maggie's Drawers." Half of the nose-art now covered by a later modification which added applique armor to the sides of B-24 cockpits. "Maggie's Drawers" (or "Drawers") and her crew would be shot down by flak over Germany on October 15, 1944. As per the Joe Baugher site: www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_3.html

42-50760 - Shot down Oct 15, 1944 by anti-aircraft fire. Crashed 2 km North of Bad Kreuznach, Germany while returning from a mission to Reisholz, Germany. Aircraft caught fire and exploded. Two (2) crew were killed, eight crew bailed out and were captured and became PoWs."

Waist gunner, Staff Sergeant Eugene Kalinowsky would successfully bail out from the aircraft, only to be summarily shot in the back of the neck by SS officer Kurt Tesch, after his capture by a two members of a Luftwaffe anti-aircraft unit. Kalinowsky reportedly took hours to die, according to children who had witnessed his shooting and suffering. Tesch would later be arrested by the German government in 1952, and ultimately received only a 12 month term of imprisonment for the murder of S/Sgt. Kalinowsky. See also: aircrewremembered.com/hanzlik-john.html www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/7633 www.findagrave.com/memorial/98200977/eugene-kalinowsky

Consolidated PB4Y-1 Privateer, BuNo 32319 (ex- USAAF 440082). "Overshot landing Sep 9, 1944 North Field, Tinian ... and hit bulldozers." The aircraft would be scrapped. See: www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries4.html www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/PB4Y.htm Several photos of BuNo 32319 and the damaged it suffered are in this album, click on the BuNo tag(s) to see the other photos.

B-24J, USAAF Ser. No. 42-73333, "Slightly Dangerous" (formerly "UNDEC?IDED").