9th Air Force
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B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 322BG, 449BS, 9AF USAAF. Missions flown 96, 17 Jul 43 to 4 Jun 44; recoded PN-N, Missions flown 16; 17 Jun 44 to 12 Aug 44.
Failed to Return (FTR) Flers, France hit by flak in bombay over target, ignited, exploded, crashed in two pieces. Crew 1.Lt's. Francis L. Hunt; Lyle L Peters; Morris Rafalow; T/Sgt Raymond J Morin; S/Sgt's William F Stark; Norman E Thielan. (Thielan POW, rest of crew KIA). MARC 8039
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 | First Lieutenant | Bomber pilot | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 449BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Assigned to 449BS 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Flers, France in B-26 41-31741 A/C hit by flak in bomb bay over target, ignited, exploded, crashed in two pieces. Unable to bale out. Killed in Action (KIA)...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio operator | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 449BS 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Flers, France in B-26 41-31741 A/C hit by flak in bomb bay over target, ignited, exploded, crashed in two pieces. Unable to bale out. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8039.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 449BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Flers, France in B-26 41-31741 A/C hit by flak in bomb bay over target, ignited, exploded, crashed in two pieces. Unable to bale out. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8039.
Awards: PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bomb/Navigator | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 449BS 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Flers, France in B-26 41-31741 A/C hit by flak in bomb bay over target, ignited, exploded, crashed in two pieces. Unable to bale out. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8039.
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Engineer / Top turret | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 449BS 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Flers, France in B-26 41-31741 A/C hit by flak in bomb bay over target, ignited, exploded, crashed in two pieces. Unable to bale out. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8039.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail gunner | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 449BS 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Flers, France in B-26 41-31741 A/C hit by flak in bomb bay over target, ignited, exploded, crashed in two pieces. Baled out sole survivor. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8039.
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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 | Offutt AFB, NE, USA | 1943 |
Built at Martins. |
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Delivered | Nebraska, 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 322BG, 449BS, 9AF USAAF. |
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Crashed | 61100 Flers, France | 12 August 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) Flers, France hit by flak in bombay over target, ignited, exploded, crashed in two pieces. 1 x POW, 5 x KIA. MACR 8039. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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17 May 2017 12:40:13 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
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http://www.b26.com/guestbook/2015.htm |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
16 May 2017 22:32:21 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.b26.com/guestbook/2015.htm |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
22 January 2015 05:06:27 | Tanks | Changes to nicknames |
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=21485625 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
21 January 2015 10:47:24 | Tanks | Changes to nicknames |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:40:06 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 8039 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |