NS553

Landing accident - Snetterton Heath - Minor damage - Otto E Kaellner (pilot) 26/5/44. Struck Off Charge 25/7/46.



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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 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801992
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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

Snetterton Circuit, Norwich, Norfolk NR16 2JU, UK 26 May 1944 Landing accident - Snetterton Heath - Minor damage - Otto E Kaellner (pilot) 26/05/44.

Other

Struck Off Charge

25 July 1946 Struck Off Charge 25/07/1946

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net

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ContributorEmily
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Moved information added by user Wattonman from biography to source message.

Two photos of NS553 in Joker markings appear on page 198 of Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII', Schiffer Publications Ld. 2011.

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ContributorWattonman
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Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publicatrions Ltd. 2011.

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net