Orrick H Malcolm
MilitaryThe brakes failed on landing at RAF Shoreham, Sussex, overshooting the runway and hitting a guard shack on 11 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31314 'Scorchy'. RTD. Mission target was Frankfurt am Main, GR.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Scorchy
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
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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 Air Forces