44-8767 IN-W Southern Comfort

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Serial No:	44-8767
Model:	B-17G-80-VE
Manufacturer:	Lockheed/Vega Aircraft Corp., Burbank, CA
Delivered:	12/19/1944
Assigned:	03/08/1945
Lost:	06/07/1945
Mission Lost:	N/A
How Lost:	Returned to the USA
Notes:	RFC Kingman 10 November 1945. We named it Southern Comfort because our final training was in Dyersberg, TN and the nearest city for our time off base was Memphis, TN. At that time the popular drink was Southern Comfort hence the naming when we picked up the plane in Omaha to fly it to England.

Recorded Missions

#	Date	Mission	Crew
1	03/10/1945	Hagen (#225)	David E. Vermeer Crew #1
2	03/14/1945	Lohne (#228)	William G. McKenny Crew #1
3	03/15/1945	Zossen (Berlin) (#229)	Frederick R. Boddin Crew #1
4	03/17/1945	Molbis (#230)	William G. McKenny Crew #1
5	03/18/1945	Berlin (#231)	William G. McKenny Crew #1
6	03/21/1945	Hopsten (#233)	Jerald E. Hart Crew #1
7	03/22/1945	Barmingholten (#234)	William G. McKenny Crew #1
8	03/23/1945	Gladbeck (#235)	William G. McKenny Crew #1
9	03/24/1945	Rheine (#236)	William G. McKenny Crew #1
10	03/28/1945	Berlin (#238)	William G. McKenny Crew #1
11	03/30/1945	Bremen (#239)	James C. Lovelace Crew #1
12	03/31/1945	Weimar (#240)	Ira L. Long Jr. Crew #1
13	04/04/1945	Unterluss (#241)	William G. McKenny Crew #1
14	04/10/1945	Oranienburg (#246)	Reynold A. Shunk Crew #1
15	04/11/1945	Freihan (#247)	William G. McKenny Crew #1
16	04/14/1945	Royan (#248)	William G. McKenny Crew #1
17	04/15/1945	Royan (#249)	Meyer Levy Crew #1
18	04/16/1945	Regensburg (#250)	William G. McKenny Crew #1
19	04/17/1945	Dresden (#251)	William G. McKenny Crew #1
20	04/18/1945	Traunstein (#252)	Albert S. De Palma Crew #1
21	04/20/1945	Brandenburg (#254)	Albert S. De Palma Crew #1