556TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, MEDIUM

Boogy Buggy
Martin B-26B-55-MA Marauder
Sn: 42-96107
Squadron Code: FW-N

First Sortie
Last Sortie
Total
29 May 44
19 Apr 45
85

Crew Chief: T/Sgt. James Stalnaker
Asst. Crew Chief: Sgt. Seymour Cohen

        Boogy Buggy was the B-26 that introduced me--and our crew--to aerial warfare. I recall sitting in the tail gun position on the morning mission to Brest, on September 5, 1944. We encountered light 40 mm ground fire as we neared the target, but nothing significant as I learned later. My thoughts at the time were rather rash, I must admit; "Hell," I remember thinking, "this is a piece of cake."  - William J. Thompson, Jr.

        Boogy Buggy survived the war.