USAAF 41-31908 Martin B-26B-30-MA Marauder

USAAF serial number S/N: 41-31908 Martin B-26B-30-MA Marauder

1941031908, 41-31908 Martin B-26B-30-MA Marauder Fate: Shot down Unit: 387BG556BS Remarks: 387BG556BS (Chipping Ongar) - Tiger Tails Code:FW-U shot down by flak Sep 9, 1943. MACR-2896, Disposal: 09-Sep-43

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Martin B-26B-30-MA Marauder
Sn: 41-31908
Squadron Code: FW-U

First Sortie	Last Sortie	Total
8 Sep 43	9 Sep 43	2

Crew Chief: S/Sgt. Bernard F. Helliage
Asst. Crew Chief: Cpl. George E. Allard
Asst. Crew Chief: Cpl. James G. Peterson

This aircraft flew only two sorties. Its second, an attack on the coastal defenses at Boulogne as part of the practice invasion of France (Operation STARKEY), was pilot Lt. Brown's first. Part of Captain Ives' flight, the aircraft was shot down by Flak; all six crewmembers aboard were killed:

KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA

Pilot CP B/N Rog EG AG

2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. S/Sgt. S/Sgt. S/Sgt.

Edgar. H. Brown William S. Ogilvie Hansford G. Olney Albert T. Thompson N. F. Reese Delmar J. Leach

O-662431 O-670595 O-725032 34386282 32078682

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