MM368
George Scruggs
Moved information added by user Wattonman from biography to source message.
A clear photograph of this incident above appears on page 94, Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers, 2011.
Landing accident: 20 April 1944 Pilot: 2Lt Lyall Barnhart
Taxi accident (class 3): 7 August 1944 @ 0847 hrs (Pilot error) RAF Watton
Pilot: 2Lt Ford D. Porter
Navigator: 2Lt James M Davis
While taxiing down the perimeter towards the the take-off end of the runway, pilot retracted the landing gear instead of flap lever. #1 & 2 engines, propellers, engine nacelles, main gear, bomb bay doors damaged.
Take off accident: 27 November 1944 RAF Watton
Pilot: 2Lt Simon G Pilson
Transferred to Royal Navy, date, unit, location unknown.
Royal Navy - Sold for Scrap, RNAS Culham (HMS Hornbill), 23rd July 1953.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 752nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-771615
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 448th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11096457 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16003923 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Manufactured |
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK | 24 November 1943 | Built at Hatfield, contract number 555/C.23(a), between 24-11-1943 and 4-5-1944. |
Crashed |
Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK | 20 April 1944 | Minor damage, landing accident, RAF Watton / USAAF Station 376, 20th April 1944, Lyall Barnhart (pilot) USAAF . |
Other Taxi accident (class 3) |
Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK | 7 August 1944 | Taxi accident (class 3): 7th August 1944 @ 0847 hrs (Pilot error) RAF Watton Pilot: 2Lt Ford D. Porter Navigator: 2Lt James M Davis While taxiing down the perimeter towards the the take-off end of the runway, pilot retracted the landing gear instead of flap lever. #1 & 2 engines, propellers, engine nacelles, main gear, bomb bay doors damaged. AAF accident report: 45-8-7-522 |
Crashed |
Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK | 27 November 1944 | Minor damage, take off accident, RAF Watton / USAAF station 376, 27th November 1944, Simon G Pilson (pilot) USAAF. |
Other Struck Off Charge |
23 July 1953 | Royal Navy - Sold for Scrap, RNAS Culham (HMS Hornbill), 23rd July 1953. | |
Other Transferred |
Transferred to Royal Navy, date, unit, location unknown. |
Revisions
Moved information added by user Wattonman from biography to source message.
AAF accident report: 45-8-7-522
A clear photograph of the 7 August 1944 incident appears on page 94, Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers, 2011.
A photo of MM368 accident on 27 November 1944 appears on page 146 of the history book listed above.
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers, 2011, pages 94 and 146.