Accident Martin B-26B Marauder 42-95920,
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Date:Sunday 28 May 1944
Time:19:30 approx
Type:Silhouette image of generic B26M model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Martin B-26B Marauder
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Registration: 42-95920
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Abbeville, 5 miles southeast -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:station 169 Stansted Mountfitchet
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by AAA. The crew ejected by parachute, but eventualy two crew members died.
Bombing mission was Amiens, France.

Sources:

- JF Baugher
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4816&PHPSESSID=25a029c5e2089839c4b7562b59497dcd

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Oct-2012 07:56 Uli Elch Added
09-Oct-2012 08:11 Uli Elch Updated [Date, Registration, Location, Country, Narrative]
22-Jan-2016 13:45 gerard57 Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Oct-2020 20:14 TigerTimon Updated [Time]

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