41-34942 Jolly Roger
Changed serial number of B-26 from 41-34982 to 41-34942.
See:
http://www.b26.com/guestbook/2011.htm
http://cdm15960.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15960coll3/id/13…
Flew 130 missions with the 323rd Bomb Group.
Crew 14-Jan-45:
Pilot - 1st Lt Mieczwslaw (Mathew) S. Pietrowicz
Copilot - 2nd Lt. Calvin L. Jansen
Bombardier - 1st Lt. William Y. Austin
Flight Engineer - S/Sgt. John S. Michalowski
Radioman - S/Sgt. Thomas G. Kennon
Tail Gunner - S/Sgt. Edward S. Tyszkiewicz
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Bombing mission |
4742 Steinbruck, Austria | 14 January 1945 | Mission to Steinbruck Road Bridge. |
Other Me262 shot down |
Germany | 20 April 1945 | S/Sgt Ed "Tye" Tyszkiewicz top tail gunner shot down an Me262. |
Crashed |
Denain, France | 24 April 1945 | Landing Accident Denain/A-83 Cat 3 damage Lt Albert L Jones Jr, 24-Apr-45. B-26C 41-34942 - 455BS 323BG 9AF. |
Manufactured |
Omaha, NE, USA | Built at Martin. | |
Delivered |
Nebraska, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
Assigned |
Earls Colne, Colchester CO6, UK | Assigned to 455BS, 323BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Revisions
'US 9th Air Force Bases In Essex 1943-44' by Martin Bowman: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3CPOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=%2…