556TH
BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, MEDIUM
Los Lobos Grande
Martin B-26B-20-MA Marauder
Sn: 41-31700
Squadron Code: FW-P
556TH
BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, MEDIUM
Los Lobos Grande
Martin B-26B-20-MA Marauder
Sn: 41-31700
Squadron Code: FW-P
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Crew Chief: T/Sgt. Walter J. Ramage
Asst. Crew Chief: Franklyn P. Fetzer
Los Lobos Grande was
one of the original cadre of B-26s that formed the 556th Bomb. Squadron.
The crew to which the aircraft was originally assigned and that flew the
aircraft from the United States to England was:
| Pilot
CP B/N EG ROG AG C.C. |
1st Lt.
2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. S/Sgt. T/Sgt. Pvt. T/Sgt. |
Glenn F. Grau
Francis D. Scurr Robert M. Sherman Lloyd E. Frazer Charles A. Martin Henry A. Havens Walter J. Ramage |
Los Lobos Grande flew
a total of 99 sorties. The last was on June 25, 1994, when Lt. Sam
Ayers piloted it on a mission against a fuel dump at Forêt de Senoches
in France and it was hit by flak while over the target. Lt. Ayers was forced
to break formation but by his skillful flying brought the aircraft back
to England and crash-landed at the RAF base at Ford, Sussex. The aircraft
was later salvaged for parts.