Jack S Crandell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-12818.jpeg UPL 12818 Lt Jack S Crandell, 375th Squadron. KIA - MACR 8539 - Lost 26th Aug 1944 in North American P-51B Mustang, E2-K, 42-106917.

Object Number - UPL 12818 - Lt Jack S Crandell, 375th Squadron. KIA - MACR 8539 - Lost 26th Aug 1944 in North American P-51B Mustang, E2-K, 42-106917.

Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission Luxembourg

hit whilst strafing the 3rd train of the day, crashed near Kanach in P-51B 'Bottoms Up' 42-106917 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8539.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
Captain Eugene Cole of the 361st Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt (E2-G_, serial number 42-75560) nicknamed "Baby Margene" at Bottisham. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1st Lt. Eugene Cole, 375th FS'
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Baby Margene
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 406th Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron 375th Fighter Squadron 512th Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cortland, New York, USA 25 July 1920 Son of Helen M [Hesson] Crandell.

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Crashed

Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK 24 April 1944 P-47, 42-8446 Take-off accident, Bottisham, 24 Apr 1944.

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Crashed

Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK 2 May 1944 2nd May 1944. While landing at Bottisham after a mission, undershot the runway in P-47 "Baby Margene", 42-75560, E2-G and crashed through the perimeter hedge beside the Bottisham - Little Wilbraham road.

Died

10 miles NE Luxembourg 26 August 1944 Lost 26 Aug 44 - KIA, crashed near Kanach, Germany, MACR 8539 in North American Mustang P-51B, 42-106917, E2-K.
Westminster, MD, USA

Based

Bottisham 26 August 1944 Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Interred Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8539 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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