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41-18075
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Missions flown 24. Failed to Return (FTR) Nimoyceques, FR with Herb Price crew. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1216
Service
Units
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322nd Bomb Group
Group
The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth... -
451st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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James Bunker
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 322nd Bomb Group
Born at Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone, Lt. Bunker had been stationed in England with the Ninth Air Force. ... -
William Creekmore
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Nimoyceques, FR in B-26 41-18075. Prisoner of War(POW) MACR 1216 Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Arthur Joyner
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Nimoyceques, FR in B-26 41-18075. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1216 Awards: AM (2OLC), PH. -
John May
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Nimoyceques, FR in B-26 41-18075. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1216 Awards: AM (2OLC), PH. -
Herbert Price
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Nimoyceques, FR in B-26 41-18075. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1216 ... -
Weldon Rawlings
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Nimoyceques, FR in B-26 41-18075. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1216 Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
Places
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Andrews Field
Military site : airfield
The base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Assigned | Andrews Field, Dunmow, Essex | 1943 |
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Assigned to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | 62250 Landrethun-le-Nord, France | 5 November 1943 – 5 November 1943 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Nimoyceques, FR with Herb Price crew. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1216 |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 November 2020 22:50:39 | Al_Skiff | Changes to nicknames, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 June 2018 20:43:01 | RHNelson | Changes to nicknames |
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MACR 1216 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 1216 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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