NS752

Assigned to 653BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Take Off 14:48 hrs crashed after take off from RAF Buckley - 1/Lt.Bernard J. Boucher (pilot) - RTD - 1/Lt. (O-701367) Louis Pessirilo (nav.) - Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 14054

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20115383 / O-648253
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32023027 / O-701367
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Manufactured

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK 24 March 1944 Hatfield Built, contract number 555/C.23(a), between 24-3-1944 and 31-12-1944.

Crashed

Buckley, Flintshire, UK 25 March 1945 Take Off 14:48 hrs crashed after take off from RAF Buckley - 1/Lt.Bernard J. Boucher (pilot) - OK - 1/Lt. (O-701367) Louis Pessirilo (nav.) - killed

Other

Written Off DBR

26 March 1945 Written Off Damaged Beyond Repair.

Assigned

Watton, UK Assigned to 653BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

MACR 14054.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 14054 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database