NS557
Minor damage - Landing accident - RAF Langford Lodge, Ireland, 6/8/44 - 2nd Lt James E Matuska (pilot). Struck Off Charge 28/8/44.
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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: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Manufactured |
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK | 24 March 1944 | Hatfield Built, contract number 555/C.23(a), between 24-3-1944 and 31-12-1944. |
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Crashed |
Lough Neagh, Co. Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | 6 August 1944 | Minor damage - Landing accident - RAF Langford Lodge, Ireland - 2nd Lt James E Matuska (pilot). |
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Other Struck Off Charge |
28 August 1944 | Struck Off Charge 28/08/1944. |
Revisions
ContributorEmily
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Sources
Moved information added by user Wattonman from biography to source message.
Accident recovery photo appears on page 93, Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) IN WWII", Schiffer Publishers, 2011. It
ContributorWattonman
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Sources
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" , Schiffer Publishers, 2011, page 93