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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
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
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Airfield
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
ContributorEmily
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Sources
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.
ContributorWattonman
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Sources
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publicatrions Ltd. 2011.