41-34709
B-26C-5-MA 41-34709 [VT:K] was assigned to the 323BG/453BS at Earls Colne, UK. On 11-Sep-43 while being piloted by 1LT Arnold Stern, the aircraft sustained an engine failure at low altitude over England while on return from a mission to Beaumont/Le Roger, France. The aircraft had been diverted to the airfield at Bury St. Edmunds because Earls Colne was fogged in. The aircraft crashed. 4KOM 1RTD
P 1LT Arnold Stern (KOM); CP Not carried
N/B 2LT Joel F. Grubb Jr. (KOM); E/G SSGT William A. Archer (KOM)
RO/G SSGT David Nattis (KOM); TG SSGT Kenneth A. Glass (INJ)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14033874
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron 477th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-792462
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator/Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791250
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 11 September 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR) |
Great Barton, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 9 November 1943 | Sustained an engined failure on return from Beaumont, France and crashed at Great Barton, Suffolk. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 6-Jun-2015. Added crew position, rank, full proper name and disposition of crew members and formatted crew dusplay based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 5-Jun-2015. NEW aircraft entyr. All information per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.