41-39196

media-48262.jpeg UPL 48262 The remains of A-26B-15-DL #41-39196 Code: AN-J
416th BG - 670th BS - 9th AF
Crashed 8.5 miles SW of Sezanne, France after impacting trees in bad weather

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Object Number - UPL 48262 - The remains of A-26B-15-DL #41-39196 Code: AN-J 416th BG - 670th BS - 9th AF Crashed 8.5 miles SW of Sezanne, France after impacting trees in bad...

Originally part of the A-26 Combat Evaluation Project Squadron attached to the 386th BG, this a/c was being used for transition training by the 416th BG when it crashed.

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Units served with

Lieutenant James T. Wilson and Lieutenant Robert J. Owen of the 386th Bomb Group in the cockpit of their B-26 Marauder. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published.' [stamp], 'Ministry of Information 19 Aug 1943.' [stamp] nand '279545.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'AT THE US MARAUDERS BASE. The B-26 Marauders, American super medium bombers are operating now from bases in Britain. This series of pictures shows various scenes at the airfield where the ground crew and the fliers work together

386th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'

416th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Melun

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

8.5 miles SW of Sezanne, France 15 October 1944 Second Lieutenant Samuel P. Leischman's plane was last seen near Sezanne, flying very low. He had evidently been trying to let down through the overcast. The plane was in a 30-degree dive when it struck a large tree on a hill-side in very hilly country. The pilot and his two gunners, Sergeants Joseph F. Siracusa and Eugene H. Shempren, were killed in the crash. (416th BG History 1944)

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Object number: UPL 48262 - The remains of A-26B-15-DL #41-39196 Code: AN-J...