MM370

Crew was briefed to take movies of the operation 13.08.1944. The pilot in his eagerness to do a great job stayed too low, and his plane was hit by bomb fragments, causing it to crash.

Southeast of Le Havre on the north bank of the mouth of the river Seine was the spot where the first bomb struck. MM370 flew through the B17's bomb burst approximatey ten seconds after the strike on near side of bomb burst. The pilot was thrown from the A/C, Observer last seen in A/C nose. 1 KIA / 1 POW. MACR 8543.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

People

August Kurjack

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 8th Combat Camera Unit 25th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 06994841
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Cameraman

Dean Harold Sanner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19073772 / O-684056
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Missions

549

  • Date: 13 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Le Havre, France 13 August 1944 Crew was briefed to take movies of the operation 13.08.1944. The pilot in his eagerness to do a great job stayed too low, and his plane was hit by bomb fragments, causing it to crash. Southeast of Le Havre on the north bank of the mouth of the river Seine was the spot where the first bomb struck. MM370 flew through the B17's bomb burst approximatey ten seconds after the strike on near side of bomb burst. 1 KIA / 1 POW. MACR 8543.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=8543&Submit=Go MACR details.
http://www.fold3.com/image/28674131/ MACR details.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 8543 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database