556TH
BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, MEDIUM
(unnamed)
Martin B-26B-30-MA Marauder
Sn: 41-31908
Squadron Code: FW-U
556TH
BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, MEDIUM
(unnamed)
Martin B-26B-30-MA Marauder
Sn: 41-31908
Squadron Code: FW-U
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Crew Chief: S/Sgt. Bernard F. Helliage
Asst. Crew Chief: Cpl. George E. Allard
Asst. Crew Chief: Cpl. James G. Peterson
This aircraft flew only two
sorties. Its second, an attack on the coastal defenses at Boulogne as part
of the practice invasion of France (Operation STARKEY), was pilot Lt. Brown's
first. Part of Captain Ives' flight, the aircraft was shot down by Flak;
all six crewmembers aboard were killed:
| KIA
KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA |
Pilot
CP B/N Rog EG AG |
2nd Lt.
2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. S/Sgt. S/Sgt. S/Sgt. |
Edgar. H. Brown
William S. Ogilvie Hansford G. Olney Albert T. Thompson N. F. Reese Delmar J. Leach |
O-662431
O-670595 O-725032 34386282 32078682 |