41-31710 General Sherman

A bomber crew of the 387th Bomb Group with their B-26 Marauder nicknamed "General Sherman". media-380262.jpg FRE 1325 A bomber crew of the 387th Bomb Group with their B-26 Marauder nicknamed "General Sherman". Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 1325 - A bomber crew of the 387th Bomb Group with their B-26 Marauder nicknamed "General Sherman".

Assigned to 557BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Engers, Germany with Pete Gregorchuk crew; hit by flak, crew baled out, pilot force landed A/C. 5 x POW, 1 x KIA. MACR 12341



Approx 16:00 hours they were over the target and encountered heavy flak. The pilot called for the crew to bail out. In an eyewitness statement from the Missing Air Crew Report, Sgt. Howard L. Nelson stated that all three gunners bailed out the right waist window. The togglier left the ship by the bomb bay doors. The pilot and co-pilot remained with the aircraft and crash landed near Sayen, 9 kilometres north of Koblenz, Germany. All were captured by the Germans. Nelson says that he meet Sgt. William B. Harbour, the engineer/gunner and the others about five hours after the crash in a stone building on the east bank of the Rhine at Koblenz, Germany.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32240791
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12122373 / O-721708
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 387th Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 557th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16044004
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Togglier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34637214
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17130573E / O-721070
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Events

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Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

9 miles Nth Koblenz, Germany 14 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Engers, Germany; hit by flak, crew baled out MACR 12341

Assigned

Chipping Ongar, UK Assigned to 557BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF.

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Sources

MACR 12341 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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