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43-34422

B-26 Marauder

  • "Martin B-26 "Marauders" of the 386th Bomb Group, covered with snow, make a pretty picture at their base in Beaumont, France, 14 January 1945." - B-26's 43-34413 RU-D 'Marie' and 43-34422 RU-B 554BS, 386BG, 9AF.

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Assigned to 554BS, 386BG, 9AF USAAF. Transferred to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Destroyed in fatal mid air collision. 2Lt James A Shettles Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Mar-45.

Service

Units

  • 322nd Bomb Group

    322nd Bomb Group

    Group
    The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth...

  • 386th Bomb Group

    386th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 386th Bomb Group flew B-26 Marauders for the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. Whilst with the Eighth, the Group developed the formation release procedure for the B-26 on missions that targeted aerodromes, marshalling yards and V-weapon sites along the...

  • 451st Bomb Squadron

    451st Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

  • 554th Bomb Squadron

    554th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Places

  • Andrews Field

    Military site : airfield
    The base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3...

  • Great Dunmow

    Military site : airfield
    The airfield, two miles north-west of Great Dunmow, was built in 1942-1943 by the US Army's 818th Engineer Battalion (Aviation), alongside British contractors. B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group moved in in September 1943, and in October the Group...

Events

Event Location Date
Crashed 60000 Beauvais, France 18 March 1945 – 18 March 1945

Destroyed in fatal mid air collision. 2Lt James A Shettles Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Mar-45.
Nicknames
Not yet known
Production block number
B-26G-10-MA
Manufacturer
Martin
Markings and paint scheme/livery

Coded RU-B.

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
11 May 2018 15:13:41 Al_Skiff Changes to production block number, markings, description, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=43-34422&Submit4=Go
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:41:21 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

MACR 15558 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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