ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 149755
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Martin B-26B Marauder |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-95862 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Euskirchen (NRW), Germany -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by AAA over Germany.
An eyewitness description of the loss is as follows:
I saw 7IM (Lt. William’s Aircraft) hit by enemy flak on the bomb run about 20 seconds before bombs away. It exploded immediately in mid air and went down in a sheet of flame off my right wing and disappeared from sight at about 11,000 feet. Other crew members saw it hit the ground and no chutes were seen.
Lambert D. Austin
S/Sgt., 494th Bomb Sq.
Armorer Gunner.
Crew Lost:
1st. Lt. Ancil Ross Williams, Jr. - Pilot
2nd Lt. Maurice Fuimer Crowley - Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. J. P. Brown - Bombardier
S/Sgt. Albert John Ryder - Engineer /Gunner
S/Sgt Alphonse A. Zabinski - Radioman/Gunner
Sgt. Coyaso Cruz - Tail /Gunner
Sources:
- JF Baugher
- Nicholas Provenzo
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2012 03:47 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 09-Oct-2012 04:05 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2015 09:58 | npro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2020 17:14 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location] |
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