B-24D-40 "Joltin Janie II" Serial Number 42-40233

USAAF
5th AF
43rd BG
403rd BS

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August 20, 1943
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Force Landed  August 20, 1943

Wartime History
After a mission, it went over the edge of the Horanda Y, and came to grief in a stram bed, after returning from a mission with combat damage from fighter action. Five were Wounded In Action.

Wreckage
Wingset and portion of the fuselage of this B-24 are located at the edge of a stream, paritally submerged in water and mud.

References
Described in, Legacy of the 90th Bomb Group, page 74.

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