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B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 449BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF.
Group
The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth...
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 322nd Bomb Group
79 Missions flown; Heavyweight Boxer
Military site : airfield
The base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3...
Event | Location | Date |
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Manufactured | Middle River, MD, USA | 1943 |
Built at Martin's. |
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Delivered | Joint Base Andrews, MD, USA | 1943 |
Delivered to USAAF. |
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Assigned | Andrewsfield Aviation Ltd, Saling Airfield Stebbing Great Dunmow Essex CM6 3TH, United Kingdom | 1943 |
Assigned to 449BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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05 June 2017 13:27:56 | Al_Skiff | Changes to nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/listing/object-205358841?page=229 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
22 January 2015 09:46:14 | Tanks | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, unit associations and media associations |
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AAM Photo |