42-97401 Stinker Jr
Sent through to the museum by Gerard Uyttebroek who has shared research carried out by his brother Georges Uyttebroek from Neerwinden (Belgium). Some of the people sitting on the plane where family members of theirs.
Delivered Cheyenne 26/2/44; Kearney 14/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-T] Nuthampstead 28/4/44; Missing in Action ? 17/10/44 with Hancock, Belgium ;
Salvaged 8AFSC 29/11/44. STINKER JR.
The aircraft crashed in the fields between the village of Neerwinden and Raatshoven (Racour) in Belgium.
Excerpt from a local newspaper:
'The crew could leave the plane safely. Of course the crash attracted a lot of local people to the spot. The inhabitants of the adjacent villages gave the crew a warm welcome with food and local drinks. Suddenly the crowd got seized with panic and fear as two fighters approached in the air and started to circle over the spot. Lucky enough it were two American fighters. An American jeep came to pick up the crew and brought them to Brussels from where they went off to London the next morning.'
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809932
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot, aircraft commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
3400 Neerwinden, Belgium | 17 October 1944 |