42-107745 Jay Hawk

media-28094.jpeg UPL 28094 Marauder B-26C 42-107745 ER-V 450BS 322BG.

Object Number - UPL 28094 - Marauder B-26C 42-107745 ER-V 450BS 322BG.

Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Butzbach, Germany. Hit by flak, both engines ablaze, attempted forced landing, whilst straightening out to alight wing dug in and A/C seen to explode. 22-Feb-45 8 x KIA. MACR 12680.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16056605 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-743653
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36181527
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38233559
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20314397 / O-411064
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Aéroport Paris Beauvais Tillé, Route de l'aéroport, 60000 Tillé, France 5 November 1944 Taxiing Accident Beauvais-Tille (A-61) Lt Duane R Borst, 5-Nov-44. B-26C 42-107745 - 450BS 322BG 9AF.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Pohl-Göns, 35510 Butzbach, Germany 22 February 1945

Manufactured

Offutt AFB, NE, USA Built at Martin.

Delivered

Nebraska, USA Delivered at USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

MACR 12680 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
Contributorptdelphi
Changes
Sources

Peter Thibeault son of Navigator

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 12680 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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