Malcolm K Martin

Military
media-41695.jpeg UPL 41695 Lt. Colonel Jere W Maupin, pilot of the 401st Bomb Group, playfully pokes his navigator, Capt. Walter E. 'Skeezix' Haberer, after the bombing of Gorenflos, France, along what the newsmen call the 'Rocket Coast'. Lt. Colonel Malcolm K. Martin, left, Group leader looks on. England 15 January 1944.

Object Number - UPL 41695 - Lt. Colonel Jere W Maupin, pilot of the 401st Bomb Group, playfully pokes his navigator, Capt. Walter E. 'Skeezix' Haberer, after the bombing of...

RTD. Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-17 42-31089 'Carolyne. ' Target Kiel, Germany. Plane ditched in North Sea after both engines on left side stopped.



Original CO of 612th Squadron.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Carolyne
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

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Returned

4 January 1944

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Associations from 401st Bomb Group unit history.

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Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- / http://www.b-24.net/aircrew/mnames.html ;
- MACR 6468 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6468, Losses of 8th AF, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3238

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