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C-47, 42-100862, Ain't
Missbehavin', shot down after
delivering its glider loaded with 155mm artillery ammunition to Americans under
siege in Bastogne, 27 December 1944 in the Battle of the Bulge. On this mission, 26 percent of the
aircraft were shot down as an out-of-date 50th TC Wing route brought the serial in over
concentrated German artillery positions that had been in place for two
days. This aircraft was flown by Capt. Ernest Turner
and crew, of the 94th TC Sqdn. Despite their losses, TC power and glider pilots,
all from the 439th and 440th TC Groups, combined to get 70 percent of the ammunition on the LZ or in position to
be recovered by American troops.
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