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41-31814
B-26 Marauder
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Farmers collect hay in a wagon at Andrews field whilst personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group work on a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-31814) nicknamed "Bag Of Bolts". Written on slide casing: '131814, 8/43. Andrews field.' Roger Freeman Collection photo FRE 7089
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A B-26 Marauder (ER-F, serial number 41-31814) nicknamed "Bag of Bolts" of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group, in flight over England. Image via Roland B Scott. Written on slide casing : 'Bag of Bolts ER-F, 131814 over UK '43. 322 BG'
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Farmers collect hay in a wagon at Andrewsfield whilst personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group work on a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-31814) nicknamed "Bag Of Bolts". Written on slide casing: '131814, 8/43. Andrewsfield.'
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A B-26 Marauder (ER-F, serial number 41-31814) nicknamed "Bag O Bolts" of the 322nd Bomb Group flies low over countryside. Image via Roland Scott. Written on slide casing: '322 BG.'
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A B-26 Marauder (ER-F, serial number 41-31814) nicknamed "Bag O Bolts" of the 322nd Bomb Group flies low over countryside. Image via Roland Scott. Written on slide casing: '322 BG.'
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Identification Tag, Richard J. Waters
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. Hit by flak, pilot wounded in stomach and unconscious, crew baled out, shortly later A/C exploded on impact, pilot having been ejected, strapped in his armored flight seat. 2 x EVD, 3 x POW, 1 x KIA. 8-Jul-44. MACR 6625.
Service
Units
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322nd Bomb Group
Group
The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth... -
450th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Dale Brothers
Military | Sergeant | Tail gunner | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. A/C hit by flak, baled out, shortly after A/C exploded on impact, the pilot having been ejected, strapped in his armoured flight seat. Evaded (EVD). 8-Jul-44. MACR 6625. ... -
Woodrow Clark
Military | Sergeant | Togglier | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. A/C hit by flak, baled out, shortly after A/C exploded on impact, the pilot having been ejected, strapped in his armoured flight seat. Prisoner of War (POW). 8-Jul-44. MACR 6625. ... -
Peter Hogan
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. 38 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. A/C hit by flak, baled out, shortly after A/C exploded on impact, the pilot having been ejected, strapped in his armoured flight seat. Evaded (EVD). 8-Jul-44.... -
Donald Lovell
Military | Sergeant | Engineer / gunner | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. A/C hit by flak, baled out, shortly after A/C exploded on impact, the pilot having been ejected, strapped in his armoured flight seat. Prisoner of War (POW). 8-Jul-44. MACR 6625. ... -
John Ryan
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio operator | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. A/C hit by flak, baled out, shortly after A/C exploded on impact, the pilot having been ejected, strapped in his armoured flight seat. Prisoner of War (POW). 8-Jul-44. MACR 6625. ... -
Richard Waters
Military | First Lieutenant | Bomber pilot | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. Hit by flak, wounded in stomach and unconscious, unable to bale out, shortly after A/C exploded on impact, 1Lt Waters having been ejected, strapped in his armoured flight seat. Killed...
Places
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Andrews Field
Military site : airfield
The base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Offutt AFB, NE, USA | 1943 |
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Built at Martin's. |
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| Delivered | Nebraska, USA | 1943 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Andrewsfield Aviation Ltd, Saling Airfield Stebbing Great Dunmow Essex CM6 3TH, United Kingdom | 1943 |
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Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Amiens, France | 8 July 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. Hit by flak, pilot wounded in stomach and unconscious, crew baled out, shortly later A/C exploded on impact, pilot having been ejected, strapped in his armored flight seat. 2 x EVD, 3 x POW, 1 x KIA. 8-Jul-44. MACR 6625. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 May 2017 12:26:47 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-31814&Submit6=Go |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 21 January 2015 14:19:06 | 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 6626 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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