Estell Q Martin
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25117
Object Number - UPL 26079 - Estell Q. Martin, 93rd Bomb Group
Lt. Estelle Q. martin was a B-24 bombardier in the 8th Air Force detached (TDY) to North Africa and the 9th Air Force. He was killed in Action (KIA) 13 December 1942. While on temporary assignment to North Africa, on bombing run on port at Bizerte, when his pilot, Lt. John Roche, moved in for an extra, more exact run on his target flying, Ambrose II, the B-24D-10-CO, 41-23909, and suffered a hit to one of his gas lines. Roche and the crew made a dead stick landing (previously thought impossible for a bomber). Stranded on the Algerian desert, the crew spent the night protecting the plane from natives.
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-437649
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Ambrose II
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
13 December 1942 | ||
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Born |
Florida | ||
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Buried |
Revisions
ABMC,Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.54 Ted's Travelling Circus by Cal Stewart pp. 49-50. Picture of pilot, copilot and 'Ambrose' / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
