41-31573 Little Chum

media-32424.jpeg UPL 32424 "B-26 Marauder 'Little Chum' of Lt Gen Ira C Eaker's Mediterranean Allied AF is shown here in photograph taken from another bomber dropping its deadly load of bombs on the Tiburtina railroad yards in Rome. The plane piloted by 1st Lt Clifford R Conrad of Lake Minnetanka, MN made a perfect run permitting bombardier 2nd Lt Ben H Freestone of Burley, ID to put his bombs directly on the assigned target. Vatican City is shown in the lower R/H corner of this picture."

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Object Number - UPL 32424 - "B-26 Marauder 'Little Chum' of Lt Gen Ira C Eaker's Mediterranean Allied AF is shown here in photograph taken from another bomber dropping its...

Assigned to 442BS, 320BG, 12AF USAAF. This aircraft was badly damaged by flak on the 20-Mar-45 mission to Alberschweiler. The pilot, Lt Edwin B Gustafson, managed to successfully crash land the aircraft back at Dijon. The crew escaped unhurt, but the aircraft was written off.

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Crashed

21000 Dijon, France 20 March 1945 Badly damaged by flak, pilot Lt Gustafson successfully crash landed back at Dijon. Aircraft was written off.

Manufactured

Baltimore, MD, USA Built at Martins.

Assigned

Oran International Airport Ahmed Ben Bella (ORN), Es Senia, Oran, Algeria Assigned to 442BS, 320BG, 12AF USAAF.

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http://320thbg.org/photoaircraft.html
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_5.html
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