MM368

media-28674.jpeg UPL 28674 MM368 accident 1

George Scruggs

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A clear photograph of this incident above appears on page 94, Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers, 2011.

Object Number - UPL 28674 - MM368 accident 1

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

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

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

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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

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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net

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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.

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Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers, 2011, pages 94 and 146.

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AAF accident report

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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net

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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net

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