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Crashed and destroyed - 2 miles West of Dursley, Gloucestershire, 23/12/44 - FL/OF James D. Spear (pilot) and 2nd Lt. Carroll B. Bryan (nav.) killed.

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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.'

25th Bomb Group

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

People

Carroll Bryan

Carroll B Bryan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14173928 / O-772138
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
James Spear

James Dreyfus Spear

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 10601641 / T-223175
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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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

Dursley, Dursley, Gloucestershire GL11, UK 23 December 1944 Crashed and destroyed - 2 miles West of Dursley, Gloucestershire - FL/OF James D. Spear (pilot) killed - 2nd Lt. Carroll B. Bryan (nav.) killed.

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