7053-M with Bomb Bays Open - 1944

Information about this photograph:

  1. Aircraft No: 42-107053
  2. Tail Letter: M; Fuselage ID: N7-M
  3. Group/Squadron: 398th, 603rd
  4. Official Name of Aircraft:
  5. Date of Photograph: Summer or Fall 1944
  6. Photo Location: on Mission
  7. Crew at time of Photograph: Unknown
  8. Final Disposition of A/C: 2 Nov 1944 crashed in Germany on mission to Merseburg, Russell F. Reed Crew, 9 POWs, 0 KIAs, MACR 10158
  9. Interpretive Comments: 7053-M was flown by Edward C. Jordan on a number of occasions in the summer of 1944. Russ Reed and crew bailed out of her on 2 Nov 1944 over Germany. The photo is under glass and hangs on the wall of the Woodman Inn. Russ signed the Woodman photo on 14 June 2004, almost 60 years after he bailed out of her.
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Source Infomation:

  1. Photo Source: Photo of a photo taken at the Woodman Inn in Nuthampstead.
  2. Photo Reference: 42-107053-N7-M_1944
  3. Photographer: Unknown
  4. Information compiled by the 398th Web team with special thanks to Dave Jordan and the Woodman Inn.
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