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B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 559BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. 95 x combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Bastogne attacked by Me109's, hit in the tail area, causing severe damage to flight control surfaces. 4 x crew baled out of spinning A/C 3 x POW, 1 x WIA/POW/KIA, 4 x KIA. MACR 11403.
Crew: Pilot 1Lt Wayne W Church [CT], Co 2Lt Harold D Wagoner WIA/POW/KIA [IA], Bomb Capt Jeff D Newman KIA [LA], Nav S/Sgt Frank C Porter KIA [MT], Eng S/Sgt Paul D Dungan [IN], Radio T/Sgt James G Logero KIA [PA], Arm/Gunner S/Sgt Jimmy G Burt [TX], Addl Gunner Cpl Aubrey E Waldran Jr KIA [MI].
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387th Bomb Group
Group
The 387th Bomb Group flew just under thirty missions with the Eighth Air Force before being transferred to the Ninth Air Force in October 1943. The Group remained at Chipping Ongar, Essex after being reassigned and continued to hit targets in France.... -
559th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Wayne Church
Military | Captain | Bomber pilot | 387th Bomb Group
Assigned to 559BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Bastogne attacked by Me109's, hit in the tail area, causing severe damage to flight control surfaces. Baled out of spinning A/C Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11403. ... -
Harold Wagoner
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co pilot | 387th Bomb Group
Assigned to 559BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Bastogne attacked by Me109's, hit in the tail area, causing severe damage to flight control surfaces. Baled out of spinning A/C Wounded badly and suffering from burns baled...
Missions
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757
23 December 1944
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Chipping Ongar
Military site : airfield
The air base was constructed by the 831st Engineer Battalion (Aviation) in late August 1942. The 387th Bomb Group were the only American group to be based there, flying B-26 Marauders in strategic missions over France, first for the Eighth and then for...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Offutt AFB, NE, USA | 1944 |
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Built at Martins. |
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| Delivered | Nebraska, USA | 1944 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Chipping Ongar, Ongar CM5, UK | 1944 |
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Assigned to 559BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | Bastogne, Belgium | 23 December 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Bastogne attacked by Me109's, hit in the tail area, causing severe damage to flight control surfaces. 4 x crew baled out of spinning A/C 3 x POW, 1 x WIA/POW/KIA, 4 x KIA. MACR 11403. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 January 2017 13:44:30 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, description, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmdate.asp?thedate=441223&Submit... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 11403 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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