MM364

media-7359.jpeg COL 369 Mosquito PR Mark XVI, MM364, at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, on being handed over to the USAAF. IWM collections

Object Number - COL 369 - Mosquito PR Mark XVI, MM364, at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, on being handed over to the USAAF.

Minor damage, take of accident, RAF Watton / USAAF Station 376, 29/8/44. Clayton P. Hackman Jr (pilot) USAAF.

This aircraft was involved in a landing accident, 14/1/45, again at Watton, this time Cat 4, requiring repairs at depot-level. The pilot was George M. Vanderleest USAAF.

Sometime after June 45, MM364 passed to the Fleet Air Arm, serving with No.s 770 and 771 NAS's. Location unknown. Sold for scrap from Lossiemouth on 25/11/53.

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Units served with

25th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

654th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP)

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

People

Clayton P Hackman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13030932 / O-659815
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).'

Watton

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Manufactured	Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK	24 November 1943	Built at Hatfield, contract number 555/C.23(a), between 24-11-1943 and 4-5-1944.
Crashed	Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK	29 August 1944	Minor damage, take of accident, RAF Watton / USAAF Station 376, 29th August 1944. Clayton P. Hackman Jr (pilot) USAAF.
Crashed	Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK	14 January 1945	Landing accident, 14th January 1945. This aircraft was involved in a landing accident, again at Watton, this time Cat 4, requiring repairs at depot-level. The pilot was George M. Vanderleest USAAF, rank not known.
Other Struck Off Charge	Lossiemouth, Moray, UK	25 November 1953	Sold for scrap from Lossiemouth on 25th November 1953.
Other Transferred			Sometime after June 1945, MM364 passed to the Fleet Air Arm, serving with No.s 770 and 771 NAS's. Location unknown.