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496th Bomb Squadron

Squadron

  • The nose art of a B-26 Marauder nicknamed

    The nose art of a B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Maxwell House" of the 344th Bomb Group. Image by Jack K Havener, 344th Bomb Group.. Associated caption: '"Maxwell House"- 496th Sqdn Commander Jewell C. Maxwell- actually taken in July 1944 at Stansted. ►This date of the picture taking seems to be wrong, as 42-95870 "maxwell House - Good to the Last Drop" was lost on 20 April 1944 with the Jack V. Porter crew (344th BG/496th BS - MACR 4103 - crashed and burned in France.

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  • The nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95924) nicknamed

    The nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95924) nicknamed "Rum Buggy" of the 344th Bomb Group. Image by Jack K Havener, 344th Bomb Group.. Associated caption: '"Rum Buggy" AJ Frieburger.'. Caption from “The Martin B-26 Marauder” by J.K.Havener, p161 - 'Lt. Al Frieburger's "Rum Buggy" on the 496th Squadron hardstand, 344th Bomb Group. Note fixed gun in lower nose has been removed. Bomb dollies and racks clutter the background. Spring 1944'.

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  • A B-26 Marauder (N3-A) of the 496th Bomb Squadron, 344th Bomb Group photographed from the side at Stansted airfield. Handwritten caption on reverse: '344BG, 496BS.'

    A B-26 Marauder (N3-A) of the 496th Bomb Squadron, 344th Bomb Group photographed from the side at Stansted airfield. Handwritten caption on reverse: '344BG, 496BS.'

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  • Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Witty (fourth from the left with a map) gives a last minute briefing to Major Maxwell and his crew before they get in their aircraft, a 496th Bomb Squadron, 344th Bomb Group B-26 Marauder (N3-A, serial number 42-95870) nicknamed

    Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Witty (fourth from the left with a map) gives a last minute briefing to Major Maxwell and his crew before they get in their aircraft, a 496th Bomb Squadron, 344th Bomb Group B-26 Marauder (N3-A, serial number 42-95870) nicknamed "Maxwell House" in the background. Passed for publication 13 Apr 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '"Maxwell House", Maj. Maxwell & Lt. Col Robert Witty (4th left with map). 344th BG, 496th BS. Stansted 1944.' Printed caption on reverse: 'A U.S. Ninth Air Force Marauder Station, England. Associated Press Photo Shows:- With a stack of 1,000 lb. bombs in the foreground and their ship in the background, crew members of Major Maxwell's ship "Maxwell House" listen to last minute instructions from Lt. Col. Robert Witty (fourth from left with map) before getting aboard their 'plane. CAR 13. 12-4-44-EM.' Censor no: 315579. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

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  • "Luftwaffe Nemesis - Here you see a "Silver Streak" Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber of the 9th AF leaving the Nazi airfield at Beauvais Tille in France, after a recent attack by the Marauders. A large dispersal area took a heavy pounding during the daylight operation and hits were scored on an important hangar, crews reported. Thirty three separate attacks were carried out by both Marauders and Havocs of the 9th AF on Luftwaffe airfields in May 44."

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Commanding officers

  • Jewell Maxwell

    Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot/Commanding Officer | 344th Bomb Group

Structure

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Stations

Station Location Date
Based Stansted Mountfitchet 9 February 1944 – 29 September 1944
Based Stansted Mountfitchet

Connections

People

  • Sherrard Billings

    Military | Staff Sergeant

  • F Botti

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 344th Bomb Group
    Killed in action on mission to attack coastal defenses on 27 April 1944. B-26 42-95926 was shot down just after bombs away

  • H Burdette

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 344th Bomb Group
    Killed in Action on mission to Valgones, France fling B-26 42-107574

  • John Dye

    Military | Second Lieutenant

  • Robert Garlick

    Military | Staff Sergeant

  • Joseph Gisavage

    Military | Staff Sergeant

  • John Hegg

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 344th Bomb Group
    Hegg was shot down on 23 September 1944 after his B-26 Marauder "Evasive Jenny" was hit by flak and caught fire while on a mission to Venlo, Netherlands. ...

  • Walter Heist

    Military | Sergeant

  • J Maffry

    Military | Captain | Pilot

  • Jewell Maxwell

    Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot/Commanding Officer | 344th Bomb Group

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Aircraft

Citations

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Air Force
9th
Type
Combat
Type category
Bombardment
Nicknames
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Motto
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Insignia
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Aircraft used
  • B-26 Marauder

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
26 January 2015 06:46:51 Tanks Changes to type, aircraft types and stations
Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/496th_Bombardment_Squadron
Date Contributor Update
26 January 2015 06:41:14 Tanks Changes to commanding officers associations and media associations
Sources

http://shopwornangel.imaginarynumber.net/344th-bombardment-group-b-26-ma...
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:42:49 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

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