USAAF 42-96040 Martin B-26B-55-MA Marauder

USAAF serial number S/N: 42-96040 Martin B-26B-55-MA Marauder

1942096040, 42-96040 Martin B-26B-55-MA Marauder Fate: Lost Unit: 394BG586BS-585BS Remarks: 394BG586BS Bridge Busters Code:H9-N Name:"Mi Lei Fo" Pilot: 2Lt BH Abbott shot down by fighters Feb 21, 1945. MACR-12590 2nd Lt Barton H. Abbott 2nd Lt Donald H. Cooper - CoPilot 2nd Lt Wallace T. Hembrough, Jr. - Bomb/Nav Wallace E. Airhart - Engineer/gunner Albert J. Diluzio- Wireless Operator and Waist Gunner Sgt William Arthur Badders - Radio/gunner Sgt William Ampolas, Jr. - Armorer/gunner Shot down by fighters Feb. 21, 1945 MACR 12590 *Note: Guerino (Reno) Del Pesco was the Navigator on this ship and was in it when it was shot down. We are trying to correct the rest of the record, if necessary. Dick Ayres did the nose art, a picture of a laughing Buddha +394BG585BS Code:4T-? Disposal: 21-Feb-45