USAAF 42-107671 Martin B-26C-45-MO Marauder

USAAF serial number S/N: 42-107671 Martin B-26C-45-MO Marauder

1942107671, 42-107671 Martin B-26C-45-MO Marauder, Fate: Shot down Unit: 391BG575BS Remarks: 391BG575BS The Black Death Group Code:O8-L Silver Dollar shot down by fighters Dec 23, 1944. MACR-11661, Disposal: 23-Dec-44

Photo: 42-107671 Martin B-26C-45-MO Marauder
Assigned to 575BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to railroad viaduct at Ahrweiler, Germany. Shot down about 30 miles south of the target, 23-Dec-44. Hit in the bomb bay by flak and attacked by enemy A/C, last seen with starboard engine feathered and port engine ablaze and crew baling out. 5 x KIA, 1 x POW. MACR 11661.