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| Date: | Thursday 15 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Martin B-26C Marauder |
| Owner/operator: | 522BS, 386th Bomb Group, 9th Airforce USAF |
| Registration: | 41-35247 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Station 164, Great Dunmow. Easton Lodge Estate, Great Easton, Essex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Markings & paint scheme: Coded RG-Z. Nickname "Carefree Carolyn" on starboard of nose, on port side 'Spirit of Pansy Yokum' applied by the ground crew in honour of their previously assigned A/C 41-31638 'Pansy Yokum'.
Completed 100 x missions. Combat damaged on its 100th mission and with hydraulics shot out it belly landed and was written off.
Crew: Pilot Lt Earl Slanker, Lt Solon Humle, R/O T/Sgt Burton L Vreeland (WIA).
(Photo of a/c sliding to a halt, while emergency crews race to the scene in source documents.)
Sources:
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/41-35247 [Last Accessed 22/05/24]
Airfields of the Eighth Then and Now by Roger A. Freeman. ISBN: 0-900913-09-6
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2024 06:50 | PaulL | Added |
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