556TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, MEDIUM

Circle Jerk
Martin B-26B-50-MA Marauder
Sn: 42-95868
Squadron Code: FW-L

First Sortie
Last Sortie
Total
29 Feb 44
21 Sep 44
64

Crew Chief: S/Sgt. Franklyn Fetzer
Asst. Crew Chief: Cpl. Russel H. Cumiford
Asst. Crew Chief: Cpl. John Arbogast

        Circle Jerk cracked up when it hit an oil drum that was on the runway at Chateaudun during a practice night landing. S/Sgt. Robert H. Pitt was pinned in the wreckage, and was extricated by S/Sgt. Henry L. Mayre just before the plane burst into flames. The other crew members escaped unhurt. On board Circle Jerk were:
 

Pilot
CP
B/N
EG
ROG
AG
1st Lt.
2nd Lt.
2nd Lt.
S/Sgt.
S/Sgt.
S/Sgt.
Verne V. Thompson
William Sherman
Russel H. Trapper
Henry L. Mayre
Robert H. Pitt, II
Robert A. Leipse
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