42-96120 Mama Liz

media-18326.jpeg UPL 18326

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Object Number - UPL 18326

Assigned to 597BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) hit by flak, dropped 3-4 thousand feet, crew baled out 24-Jun-44 1 x EVD, 5 x POW MACR 6197.



Crew: Capt Moses J Gatewood Jr, 1Lt Richard Haymond, 1Lt Walter L Blatchford, T/Sgt William T O'Brien, S/Sgt's William J Snyder and Lee E Hughes.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96191) nicknamed "The Milk Run Special" of the 397th Bomb Group at Steeple Morden, 1945. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: '296191, 397 BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Flexanville, France 24 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) hit by flak, dropped 3-4 thousand feet, crew baled out 24-Jun-44 1 x EVD, 5 x POW MACR 6197.

Manufactured

Offutt AFB, NE, USA Built at Martin.

Delivered

Offutt AFB, NE, USA Delivered to USAAF.

Assigned

Rivenhall, Witham CM8, UK Assigned to 597BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF.

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Sources

MACR 6197 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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