42-96132 Lucky Star
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 9650 - Two B-26 Marauders ('U2', serial number 42-96132 in middle; 'U2', serial number 42-96139 leaving from right) of the 598th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb...
Assigned to 598BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Hit by flak and was returning on one engine. Fatal Crash Landing out of Fuel 1 mile Sth Friston. 1 x RTD Pilot Capt Luther R Williams. 7 x KIA.
Copilot 2Lt William J Stubbs, Nav 2Lt Stephen E Briggs, Bomb 2Lt Frederick C Cook, Radio S/Sgt Jack B Hall, Eng S/Sgt Robert G Hargrove, Gunner S/Sgt George T Johnston, Gunner Sgt Roy G Taylor.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 598th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11044116 / O-796950
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 598th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13050429 / O-743568
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 598th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12072393
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 598th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14171046
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 598th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12156219
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
1 mile Sth Friston, Saxmundham, UK | 17 June 1944 | Fatal Crash Landing out of Fuel 1 mile Sth Friston Cat 5 Capt Luther R Williams, 17-Jun-44. B-26B 42-96132 - 598BS 397BG 9AF |
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Assigned |
Rivenhall, Witham CM8, UK | Assigned to 598BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. | |
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Manufactured |
Middle River, MD, USA | Built at Martin. | |
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Delivered |
Joint Base Andrews, MD, USA | Delivered to USAAF. |
