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41-31657
B-26 Marauder
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The nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-31657) nicknamed "Mississippi Mudcat" of the 387th Bomb Group, at Chipping Ongar, 1944. Image via George Vasaumper.
Assigned to 559BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. 149 x combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Bastogne. Shot down by Me109's, pilot 2Lt Vernon O Staub hit in face by 20mm cannon shell and killed instantly, went down with A/C. Crew baled out. 6 x POW, 1 x KIA. 23-Dec-44. MACR 11465.
Crew: Pilot 2Lt Vernon O Staub KIA [IL], Co pilot 2Lt Elgin S Scobell [SD], Bomb 2Lt William H C Doyle [MO], Radio S/Sgt Leonard H Werner [CA], Eng S/Sgt Marvin P Geist [KS], Tail Sgt Richard F Wyman [KY], XTail Cpl Otto P Siciliano [OH].
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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Vernon Staub
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bomber pilot | 387th Bomb Group
Assigned to 559BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. 8 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Bastogne. Shot down by Me109's pilot. 2Lt Vernon O Staub hit in face by 20mm cannon shell and killed instantly, went down with aircraft. Crew baled 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. |
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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. 149 x combat missions. |
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| Crashed | Germany | 23 December 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Bastogne. Shot down by Me109's, pilot 2Lt Vernon O Staub hit in face by 20mm cannon shell and killed instantly, went down with A/C. Crew baled out. 6 x POW, 1 x KIA. 23-Dec-44. MACR 11465. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 February 2017 14:13:58 | 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 |
| 20 January 2015 23:50:05 | Tanks | Changes to nicknames |
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AAM Photo |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:06 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 11465 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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