43-15502 Mary Co-Ed II

A C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Mary Co-Ed II" of the 434th Troop Carrier Group. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . media-396192.jpg FRE 7452 A C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Mary Co-Ed II" of the 434th Troop Carrier Group. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7452 - A C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Mary Co-Ed II" of the 434th Troop Carrier Group. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group .

Assigned to 74TCS, 434TCG, 9AF USAAF. Having landed at Beyreuth/R-26, pilots going through shutdown procedure, the following C-47 [43-15350 'Big Dog'] landed and lost control, ground looping into the port engine and cockpit of #502, ejecting the pilot who subsequently died from his wounds. Capt Harry J Bruce Killed in Action (KIA). 24-Apr-45.

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Crashed

Bayreuth, Germany 24 April 1945 Fatal ground collision with C-47 43-15350 24-Apr-45.

Assigned

Aldermaston, Reading RG7, UK Assigned to 74TCS, 434TCG, 9AF USAAF.

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