42-26649 Elizabeth Miss Carriage

Object Number - UPL 18772

Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 361st FS, 356th FG, 8AF USAAF.
Transferred to 392FS, 367th FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) armed recon to Eger, Czech hit by flak and crashed near Michelsberg, Czech. Pilot Lt James B Cutler Prisoner of War (POW). 16-Apr-45. MACR 14204.

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Units served with

People

Amos H Bomberger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13086825 / O-770088
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Stan S Ostroskiarm

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal

Hugh Showers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32287349
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief

Blayne A Swift

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron 361st Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-816834
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Lewis B Wolever

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Czech Republic 16 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) armed recon to Eger, Czech hit by flak and crashed near Michelsberg, Czech. Pilot Lt James B Cutler Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 14204.

Other

Transferred

Stoney Cross, Lyndhurst SO43, UK Transferred from 361st FS, 356th FG, 8th AF at Martlesham Heath to 367th FG, 9th AF

Assigned

Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Assigned

Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK Transferred to 361st FS, 356th FG, 8AF USAAF.

Manufactured

Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA Built at Republic.

Delivered

New York, NY, USA Delivered to USAAF.

Revisions

Date7 Dec 2016 19:14:35
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=42-26649
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-26649
https://www.fold3.com/image/29038260

Date1 Nov 2015 13:13:40
ContributorPEP.1956
Sources

littlefriends.co.uk

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:19
ContributorAAM
Sources

MACR 14204 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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