USAAF 42-107612 Martin B-26C-45-MO Marauder

USAAF serial number S/N: 42-107612 Martin B-26C-45-MO Marauder

1942107612, 42-107612 Martin B-26C-45-MO Marauder, Fate: Lost Unit: 387BG556BS Remarks: 387BG556BS (Chipping Ongar) - Tiger Tails Code:FW-R named: OH DO IT AGAIN Lost to enemy action Aug 4, 1944, Disposal: 04-Aug-44

Oh Do It Again
Los Lobos Grande II
Martin B-26C-45-MO Marauder
Sn: 42-107612
Squadron Code: FW-R

First Sortie	Last Sortie	Total
18 Mar 44	4 Aug 44	48

Crew Chief: T/Sgt. Odies Gover
Asst. Crew Chief: Cpl. Earl Hoffman*

On August 4, 1944 this aircraft, piloted by squadrom commander Major Glenn F. Grau, led a mission to bomb a railroad bridge across the Aure River at Saint Remi-sur-Aure. The target was obscured by cloud cover and, after four runs on target, the mission was abandoned. As the flight started for home a slight navigation error took the formation over flak installations and it was severely shot up. This aircraft had its hydraulics shot out, prompting Major Grau and his crew to make an emergency landing at a short PSP fighter strip in Normandy. Grau said of his landing, "...having no hydraulics, [I] pretty much turned it into junk." Grau's crew on that mission was:

Pilot CP B/N/GEE ROG EG AG

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

Glenn F. Grau Francis D. Scurr Robert M. Sherman Charles A. Martyn Lloyd E. Frazer Henry A. Havens

O-731567 O-742364 O-797087 15071529 15072987 39012545

Grau added that he did not have any recollection of any name being painted on the aircraft. He did say he had intended to name it Los Lobos Grande II.

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