USAAF 41-31700 Martin B-26B-20-MA Marauder

USAAF serial number S/N: 41-31700 Martin B-26B-20-MA Marauder

1941031700, 41-31700 Martin B-26B-20-MA Marauder Fate: Lost Unit: 387BG556BS Remarks: 387BG556BS (Chipping Ongar) - Tiger Tails Code:FW-Z named: Lady Janet, Disposal:

However http://387bg.com/Aircraft/B-26%20Los%20Lobos%20Grande.htm has the following:

Los Lobos Grande
Martin B-26B-20-MA Marauder
Sn: 41-31700
Squadron Code: FW-P

First sortie	Last sortie	Total
2-Aug-43	25-Jun-44	99

Crew Chief: T/Sgt. Walter J. Ramage
Asst. Crew Chief: Franklyn P. Fetzer

Los Lobos Grande was one of the original cadre of B-26s that formed the 556th Bomb. Squadron. The crew to which the aircraft was originally assigned and that flew the aircraft from the United States to England was:

Pilot CP B/N EG ROG AG C.C.

1st Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. S/Sgt. T/Sgt. Pvt. T/Sgt.

Glenn F. Grau Francis D. Scurr Robert M. Sherman Lloyd E. Frazer Charles A. Martin Henry A. Havens Walter J. Ramage

Los Lobos Grande flew a total of  99 sorties. The last was on June 25, 1994, when Lt. Sam Ayers piloted it on a mission against a fuel dump at Forêt de Senoches in France and it was hit by flak while over the target. Lt. Ayers was forced to break formation but by his skillful flying brought the aircraft back to England and crash-landed at the RAF base at Ford, Sussex. The aircraft was later salvaged for parts.