UPL 27661
IMAGE" 'Somewhere over France' this twin-engine B-26 Marauder medium bomber caught a direct hit from a Nazi flak battery and lost an entire engine. Despite nearly 2500 lbs. of lost weight the crippled bomber stayed aloft until all crew members had bailed. " - 41-35000 YU-R Swamp Chicken, 455th BS 323rd BG, Pilot Lt. Robert P Mims Jr., Shot down 3 miles north of Fervent, France on February 5, 1944, MACR 2056. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A17935-50149AC.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Swamp Chicken
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 455th Bomb Squadron