41-9051 Flaming Mayme
Assigned 342BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42; 327BS/92BG Bovingdon, then 326BS [UX-O] (?407)] /9/42; col with #41-9021 in taxi accident with Roland Sargeant 25/6/43; repaired and transferred 813BS/482BG Alconbury 1/9/43; detailed UK navigation operation 14/9/43, with Capt William C. Anderson 813th BS CO), Co-pilot: 1st Lt Robert J. Sudbury, Navigator: Capt Raymond R. Oeftiger, Bombardier: 2nd Lt Raymond E. Diltz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: S/Sgt Bryson R. Hills, Radio Operator: S/Sgt Robert L. Jacobsen. Passengers: Lts Theodore R. Doe and Clarrence H. Ballagh; Majors Tom C. Henderson 482BG, Henry B. Williams 1BW (10 Killed in Service); crashed Skiddaw Mountain, 20 SSW Carlisle at Keswick, Cumberland, United Kingdom. Written off 21/1/44. FLAMING MAYME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-432027
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-447194
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: passenger
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19080550 at enlistment, then O-731036
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-464349
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-366456
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: passenger