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| '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>10/27/2008 2:04:33 PM 
| Found this today:<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/UFlak.jpg' /><br/> <br/> It appears to be 43-37706 IN-U, aka "Satan's Chill'en", with a chunk of the port wingtip missing.<br/> <br/> All the best,<br/> Paul <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> 
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| '''donaldbyers''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/donaldbyers.jpg' /></div><br/>10/27/2008 2:20:53 PM 
| Yep it sure is missing a chunk of the wing.  Were you able to clean it up to get the possible ID on the aircraft?<br/> <br/> Don Byers <br/><br/>Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.<br/> 
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| '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>10/27/2008 2:56:59 PM 
| I'm awaiting a possible higher quality version of the photo, but at the moment I've tenatively identified her as 43-37706 IN-U for the sole reason that she's the only aircraft with the ID letter U in the 401st roster with a double number as part of the serial on the tail, vaguely visible in the larger picture I have here.<br/> <br/> The other choice would be 42-97947 SC-U, which was a PFF ship, but the Squadron Code looks to be straight-edged.<br/> <br/> All the best,<br/> PB <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> 
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| '''EDanaII''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/EDanaII.jpg' /></div><br/>10/27/2008 10:36:17 PM 
| That's not a U! That's a J! And that ain't no N, it's a W! It's the Hard Seventeen, I tell's ya! the H17!<br/> <br/> (puts tin-foil hat back on and marches out of the room) <br/><br/><a href='/p2769.ashx'><img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/wmSig401st150p.gif' /></a><br/> <br/> 
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| '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>4/20/2011 2:19:01 PM 
| A little light detective work this evening...<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/UFlak.jpg' /><br/> <br/> The position of the <b>U</b> on the fin is centred below the leading corner of the Triangle S.<br/> Compare that with the position of the <b>U</b> in this photo of <b>42-97947 SC-U</b>, where it's centred directly below the triangle:<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/401%20pix/42-97947.jpg' /><br/> <br/> So looks like it is <b>43-37706 IN-U <i>Satan's Chillen</i></b> with a hole in her wingtip after all.<br/> <br/> All the best,<br/> Paul <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> 
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| '''donaldbyers''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/donaldbyers.jpg' /></div><br/>4/20/2011 2:25:04 PM 
| Paul,<br/> <br/> I can agree with you on the position of the <b>"U"</b> in both photos....<br/> <br/> Don <br/><br/>Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.<br/> 
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