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42-107598
B-26 Marauder
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42-107598 MACR
9th AF / 387th BG / 559 BS - (ALG Clastres / A-71)
MIA: Saturday, 23 December 1944 @ 1030 hrs (Fighters / Fw190A)
Bastogne (10 miles from), Belgium
P: 1Lt William O Pile (KIA)
CP: 2Lt Robert W Ward (KIA)
B: 2Lt John J Walsh Jr
N: 1Lt John C Luce (KIA)
GEE: 2Lt Harold Ovis
E: T/Sgt George W Danner
RO: Cpl Belden H Hall
WG: S/Sgt Frank L Stasuk
TG: S/Sgt Milfred L Becker
3 KIA, 6 POW (MACR 11464) - SOC.
9th AF mission / 387th BG mission: (Mayen, Germany - Railroad bridge)
Pilot managed to keep the aircraft under control, allowing most of the crew to bale out.
Shot down by fighters from JG. 11
Luftwaffe report: KU 1191A
Service
Units
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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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John Luce
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 387th Bomb Group
Assigned to 559BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb Mayen Bridge over Notte River, Germany. Shot down by fighters, pilot 1st Lt William O Pile managed to keep the aircraft under control, allowing most of the crew to bale out.... -
William Pile
Military | First Lieutenant | Bomber pilot | 387th Bomb Group
Assigned to 559BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb Mayen Bridge over Notte River, Germany. Shot down by fighters 1st Lt William O Pile managed to keep the aircraft under control, allowing most of the crew to bale out. Crashed... -
Robert Ward
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 387th Bomb Group
Assigned to 559BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb Mayen Bridge over Notte River, Germany. Shot down by fighters Pilot 1st Lt William O Pile managed to keep the aircraft under control, allowing most of the crew to bale out....
Missions
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757
23 December 1944
Places
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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... -
Clastres
Military site : airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Offutt AFB, NE, USA | 1944 |
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Built at Martin (MO). |
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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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9th AF / 387th BG / 559BS |
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| Assigned | Stony Cross, Malvern WR13, UK | 17 July 1944 |
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9th AF / 387th BG / 559BS Group movement |
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| Assigned | 50410 Maupertuis, France | 22 August 1944 |
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9th AF / 387th BG / 559BS Group movement |
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| Assigned | 28200 Châteaudun, France | 18 September 1944 |
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9th AF / 387th BG / 559BS Group movement |
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| Assigned | 02440 Clastres, France | 30 October 1944 |
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9th AF / 387th BG / 559BS Group movement |
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| MIA | Bastogne, Belgium | 23 December 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb Mayen Bridge over Notte River, Germany. Shot down by fighters pilot 1st Lt William O Pile managed to keep the aircraft under control, allowing most of the crew to bale out. Crashed 10 miles past Bastogne. 6 x POW, 3 x KIA. MACR 11464. |
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Revisions
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| 17 June 2017 05:12:02 | terveurn | Changes to description |
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MACR |
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| 17 June 2017 05:11:05 | terveurn | Changes to description |
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from MACR |
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| 17 June 2017 05:09:29 | terveurn | Changes to description and events |
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Dates from AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II - Maurer |
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| 17 June 2017 04:59:11 | terveurn | Changes to description |
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| 17 June 2017 04:57:58 | terveurn | Changes to place associations |
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| 17 June 2017 04:57:20 | terveurn | Changes to media associations |
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| 17 June 2017 04:55:59 | terveurn | Changes to description |
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| 17 June 2017 04:52:59 | terveurn | Changes to description |
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| 17 June 2017 04:49:14 | terveurn | Changes to description |
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| 17 June 2017 04:27:57 | terveurn | Changes to production block number, nicknames and markings |
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clean-up work |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 January 2017 21:04:23 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, 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 11464 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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