Nathan M Corman

Military

23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24506 'The Shiftless Skunk' while serving as Pilot. Crashed near Watford/Leavesden on returning from a mission. He hit a pylon on the crash landing killing five crew members. Plane had been attacked by fighters.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Shiftless Skonk
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

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Crashed

Leavesden Aerodrome, Watford, Hertfordshire WD25 7BZ, UK 23 November 1942 Crashed at Leavesden, UK attempting to make an emergency landing. RTD.

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Lee Cunningham 2-Dec-2014. All changes based on 'Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces' Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE

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Lee Cunningham 7-Nov-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & john A. Hey MBE

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 49