43-34132 Patricia Ann
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 9267 - A crewman moves by the front of a 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group B-26 Marauder (ER-Z, serial number 41-34132) nicknamed "Patricia Ann" as the...
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. 1st Lt Frank O Hillier piloted 'Patricia Ann' over to ETO. Suffered mid air collision with B-26 42-96279 'Dixie Hurricane' over Beauville Airfield, it sustained damage but was able to return to base.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reveiwed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379976.jpg.webp?itok=h9RDoVED)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Dixie Hurricane
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Aéroport Paris Beauvais Tillé, Route de l'aéroport, 60000 Tillé, France | 31 December 1944 | Mid air collision with B-26 42-96279 over Beauville Airfield, it suffered damage but was able to return to base. 31-Dec-44. Pilot Lt James B Mossman. |
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Manufactured |
Offutt AFB, NE, USA | Built at Martin's. | |
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Delivered |
Nebraska, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
