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Military
24 October 1943 Crash landed in #41-31641 at Gosfield, Essex. Returned to duty.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 387th Bomb Group
26 June 1943 : Crashed upon landing in Essex in B-26 #41-31680. Suffered minor injuries.
24 October 1943 : Crash landed in #41-31641 at Gosfield, Essex. Returned to duty.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Engineer | 387th Bomb Group
26 June 1943 : Crashed upon landing in Essex in B-26 #41-31680. Suffered minor injuries.
24 October 1943 : Crash landed in B-26 #41-31641 at Gosfield, Essex. Returned to duty.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier, Navigator | 387th Bomb Group
Cleo Terrio completed 10 missions over occupied Europe with the 387th Bomb Group. On 26 June 1943 he was involved in a crash landing in Essex in B-26 Marauder #41-31680 due to pilot error and suffered minor injuries. On 24 October 1943, Terrio was...
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....
Squadron
B-26 Marauder
24 Oct 43: Crash landed due to flak damage.
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...
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| 02 September 2020 13:29:56 | ED-BB | Changes to biography, person associations and place associations |
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Connected to pages of other crew members |
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| 02 September 2020 11:12:48 | general ira snapsorter | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, highest rank, role, biography, unit associations and aircraft associations |
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"Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Bishop & Hey |
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