USAAF 42-95790 Martin B-26B-45-MA Marauder

USAAF serial number S/N: 42-95790 Martin B-26B-45-MA Marauder

1942095790, 42-95790 Martin B-26B-45-MA Marauder Fate: Shot Down Unit: 320BG441BS Remarks: 320BG441BS Marauders Code:17 named: Beauts and Saddles shot down by flak Mar 16, 1944. MACR-3219. This aircraft was hit by six busts of flak while pulling away from the target, German Aquina gun batteries on the hill above the Casino line. The mission was in support of an allied assault on 16 March 1944. The aircraft crashed into the ground with its right wing on fire, but not before seven chutes were seen exiting the stricken aircraft. Pilot was 2nd Lt. Francis B. Hendrix. Among the crew was the group operations officer, Capt. Rucker (MACR 3219), Disposal: 16-Mar-44