41-31666 Wuneach Airplane
Object Number - FRE 1307 - Colonel George Snyder of the 387th Bomb Group and his crew, with their B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Wuneach". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'George...
B-26B-15-MA 41-31666 was assigned to the 387BG/558BS at Chipping Ongar, UK. On 27-Sep-43 the Bomb Group was despatched on a mission to bomb the German airfield at Beauvaus/Tille, France. The aircraft was hit by flak over the target and later on attacked by fighters on return just before the English coast. The Engineer, SSGT William Megonegal, baled out of the aircraft shortly after it was hit by AA fire and was captured as a POW. The other 5 crewmen stayed with the aircraft and made a wheels-up crashlanding at Chipping Ongar. No MACR issued. P 1LT George M. Snyder (RTD); CP 2LT Thornton Stark (RTD)
N/B Unknown (RTD); E SSGT William Megonegal (POW)
G SGT Ed Kovlchik (RTD); G SSGT Laverne Stein (RTD)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth 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: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33054239
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 9557A
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier; Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672242
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Willingale
Missions
- Date: 27 September 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed |
Chipping Ongar, Ongar, Essex CM5, UK | 27 September 1943 | Made a wheels-up crashlanding at Chipping Ongar on return from a mission to bomb the German airfield of Beauvais/Tille, France |
Revisions
Associated people from MACR 15586 - http://www.fold3.com/image/47348709
Lee Cunningham 30-Jun-2015. Added crew display per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 30-Jun-2015. Added connections to Place and Mission within rxisting website data; Added Crashed event, map location and Description based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
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