L Lacher

Military

On 14 May 1943 on first B-26 combat mission with the 8th, B-26B-4-MA was assigned a target at Ijmuiden, Holland. On the return, the A/C spun and crashed at Rougham, Suffolk. Pilot John J. Howell died, but the 5 crew members successfully bailed out.

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322nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-17988

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 121 by Bishop and Hey, with picture of plane