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43-34422
B-26 Marauder
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"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.
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
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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
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
Squadron
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554th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Places
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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 |
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| Crashed | 60000 Beauvais, France | 18 March 1945 – 18 March 1945 |
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Destroyed in fatal mid air collision. 2Lt James A Shettles Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Mar-45. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 11 May 2018 15:13:41 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, markings, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=43-34422&Submit4=Go |
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| 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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