Laverne Stein
MilitaryCrash landed at Chipping Ongar Sept. 27, 1943 returning from mission to Beauvais/ Tille airfield in B26#41-31666 'Wuneach'. AC was hit by flak over target then attacked by flak before the coast setting the bomb bay on fire. 1 Prisoner of War (POW), 5 RTD
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Wuneach Airplane
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I. by Bishop & Hey p. 294