42-52764
Assigned to 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group, 8th AF USAAF.
Failed to Return (FTR) raid to Luztkendorf, Germany. Hit by Flak and abandoned, 5 x EVD, 5 x POW. 28-May-44. MACR 5390.
Wreckage of the aircraft was discovered by Marcel Dubois in Belgium.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18139480 / O-810227
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-15172517
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-14109622
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-15130802
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12120784 / O-704117
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Houssière Wood, Braine-le-Comte, Belgium | 28 May 1944 - 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) raid to Luztkendorf, Germany. Hit by Flak and abandoned, 5 x EVD, 5 x POW. 28-May-44. MACR 5390. |
|
Assigned |
Sudbury, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10, UK | Assigned to 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group, 8th AF USAAF. |
Revisions
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-52764&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28651315
Mike the Tiger: The Roar of LSU By David G. Baker, W. Sheldon Bivin, C. C. Lockwood
Removed references to nickname being Mike-Spirit of LSU as unlikely to be accurate. The captured aircraft report in MACR 5390 described the wreckage of the aircraft as having a 4N squadron code (833rd Bomb Squadron), which indicates the aircraft was assigned to a different squadron to Sanders. furthermore 486th.org states that Sanders only flew this aircraft on one occasion, making it unlikely he had the opportunity to alter it's markings or change squadron before it crashed. The association of this aircraft with the Spirit of LSU nickname appears to have originated from a piece of of aviation art made in 1994 by Glenn Core, which features a number of factual inaccuracies, notably that both aircraft depicted in the painting wear the same 3R-K squadron code, and that the nose art is based off a 1973 etching by the same artist, and as such cannot be considered a reliable source of this aircraft's appearance.
Information about the recovery of this aircraft from 486th.org
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-52764&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28651315
Mike the Tiger: The Roar of LSU By David G. Baker, W. Sheldon Bivin, C. C. Lockwood
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-52764&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28651315
Mike the Tiger: The Roar of LSU By David G. Baker, W. Sheldon Bivin, C. C. Lockwood
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-52764&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28651315
Mike the Tiger: The Roar of LSU By David G. Baker, W. Sheldon Bivin, C. C. Lockwood
MACR 5390 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database