NS744

Landing accident - RAF Manston, Kent, 9-Apr-45 - John A Carter (pilot). Written Off Damaged Beyond Repair. Struck Off Charge 17-May-45.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

People

John A Carter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Manufactured

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK 24 March 1944 Hatfield Built, contract number 555/C.23(a), between 24-Mar-44 and 31-Dec-44.

Crashed

Manston Airport (MSE), Manston Road, Manston, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 5BQ, UK 9 April 1945 Landing accident - RAF Manston, Kent - John A Carter (pilot).

Other

Written Off DBR

9 April 1945 Written Off Damaged Beyond Repair.

Other

Struck Off Charge

17 May 1945 Struck Off Charge 1-May-45.

Revisions

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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com

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Moved information added by user Wattonman from biography to source message.

A crash photo of NS744 appears on page 194 of Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers Ltd. 2011.

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Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publisher Ltd. 2011.

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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com

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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com