9th Air Force
42-107680
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 322BS, 451BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) night mission to Chateau Ribeacourt, France 8-Jul-44; exploded mid air due to night fighter 6 x KIA MACR 6623
Service
Units
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322nd Bomb Group
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... -
451st Bomb Group
Group
People
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Milfred Allen
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 322BS, 451BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from night mission as a Pathfinder in B-26 42-107680 'Pickled Dilly' 8-Jul-44. Bombing raid on V bomb storage facility at Chateau de Ribeaucourt, France. Killed in action (KIA) MACR 6623 ... -
Raymond Close
Military | Sergeant | Engineer / Gunner | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 322BS, 451BG, 9AF USAAF. Claude Jones crew. Failed to Return (FTR) night mission to Chateau Ribeacourt, France 8-Jul-44; exploded mid air due to night fighter Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6623 Awards: PH. -
Claude Jones
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 322BS, 451BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) night mission to Chateau Ribeacourt, France 8-Jul-44; exploded mid air due to night fighter Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6623 Awards: DFC, AM (9OLC), PH. -
George Moon
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio operator & Gunner | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 322BS, 451BG, 9AF USAAF. Stand in for Claude Jones crew. Failed to Return (FTR) night mission to Chateau Ribeacourt, France 8-Jul-44; exploded mid air due to night fighter Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6623 ... -
Robert Silberman
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 351st Bomb Group
Assigned to 322BS, 451BG, 9AF USAAF. Claude Jones crew. Failed to Return (FTR) night mission to Chateau Ribeacourt, France 8-Jul-44; exploded mid air due to night fighter Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6623 Awards: AM, PH. -
Jack Tolbert
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Assigned to 322BS, 451BG, 9AF USAAF. Claude Jones crew. Failed to Return (FTR) night mission to Chateau Ribeacourt, France 8-Jul-44; exploded mid air due to night fighter Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6623 Awards: AM, PH.
Places
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Andrews Field
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...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Assigned | Andrews Field, UK | 1943 – 8 July 1944 |
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Assigned to 322BS, 451BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | Abbeville, FR | 8 July 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) night mission to Chateau Ribeacourt, France 8-Jul-44; exploded mid air due to night fighter 6 x KIA MACR 6623 |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 03 March 2020 10:52:18 | Al_Skiff | Changes to markings, description and events |
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Unit assignments from MACR 6623 - https://www.fold3.com/image/28993082 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 March 2020 23:20:11 | phil marchese | Changes to markings |
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AAM unit summaries and |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 March 2020 23:12:43 | phil marchese | Changes to description and events |
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351st bg was 8th AF |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 March 2020 23:00:26 | Al_Skiff | Changes to nicknames |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28993084 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 March 2020 11:32:38 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28993084 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 6623 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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