Aircraft 40-2261

Crew No. 7 — The Ruptured Duck

Four men were badly injured in the crash. Chinese residents carried them to medical care, where Doc White helped save their lives.

Crew No. 7 before the mission

Mission record

One aircraft. One shared fate.

Aircraft: 40-2261
Unit: 95th Bomb Squadron
Outcome: Ditched off the China coast

Four men were badly injured in the crash. Chinese residents carried them to medical care, where Doc White helped save their lives.

Crew No. 7 · Aircraft 40-2261

The crew

Meet the men of Aircraft 07.

The recovered crew collection

Photographs connected to Crew No. 7.

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Recovered photograph Crew 7 collection Legacy file 1298