<p>ORIGINAL WWII PHOTO - ORIGINAL TO THE TIME - NOT A COPY, SCAN, OR REPRO</p> <p>QUANTITY: 1 - See the other original WWI & WWII photos that I have listed.</p> <p>ITEM: Original WWII War Department 8x10 Photo of B026 MARAUDER BOMBER GROUND TESTS at Glenn L. Martin Plant in Baltimore...
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B-26 Marauder Bar Fly , after 175 missions, crashed on take-off to end one of the best records in the Air Force. This shot was taken on its 67th mission, France.
Martin B-26B-30-MA 41-31877 RU-V 54th Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group
On 1 Jan 45 crashed on take off at A-60 Beaumont sur Oise and salvaged 175 missions. Pilot 2.Lt Donald C Altenburger.
41-18186 320th BG, 442nd BS in takeoff crash Nov 2, 1943. 02-11-1943 Thursday
My Dad was Edward S. Larson, 442nd, 320th BG. He was crew chief of Battle #37. His first plane which was not named, Serial #41-18186, was lost on take off. Plane was a total loss but no serious injuries. This was the plane that General Doolittle flew a mission on June 10, 1943. His second plane named Shu-Shu Baby Serial #41-31960 flew to end of the war with over 150 missions. His tent mate was Olin Ray Bates chew chief on Battle #28, Little Chum, Serial #41-31573. I have a later picture of #28 serial #42-95835.
322nd Bomb Group would be hitting the airdrome at Lille-Vendeville in France with thirty-six aircraft. The attack to coincide with ours in an effort to thin out enemy fighter reaction
322nd Bombardment Group (Medium) was composed of the 449th, 450th, 451st, and 452nd Bomb Squadrons.