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=History= Built at Tulsa by Douglas as c/n '''371''', 41-28779 was assigned to 389th BG, 564th BS.<ref name="USAF Serial Search KG200">http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-bin/gzUsafSearch.pl?target=&content=KG200</ref> Flown by Lt Thomas F.Purcell on 20 June 1944, the aircraft was forced down by Anti-Aircraft fire in the Pölitz area, resulting in the death of the co-pilot, 1Lt Milton L. Rosas, and captured by the Luftwaffe. {{#tag: ref|The remaining crew-members became POWs. The loss of 41-28779 was recorded in MACR 6533.<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56660214</ref>|group="N"}} Flown by [[:Category:Kampfgeschwader 200|KG200]] as '''KO+XA''', the aircraft subsequently lost its nose gear on takeoff, and was burned by the Germans on 13 April 1945.<ref name="USAF Serial Search KG200"/> [[File:B-24_41-28779_in_flames.jpg|thumb|left|150px|B-24 41-28779 (KO+XA) in flames.<ref name="KG200 Hanger"/>]]
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