Mid-air collision Accident Martin B-26B Marauder 41-18080,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51878
 
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Date:Monday 17 May 1943
Time:11:58
Type:Silhouette image of generic B26M model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Martin B-26B Marauder
Owner/operator:322th BGp /452th BSqn USAAF
Registration: 41-18080
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bury St.Edmunds /AAF Sta.468, Suffolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed during bombing mission to IJmuiden. Crashed after a mid-air collision with B-26B 41-17991.

Call Sign: DR-K
Crew:
Pilot Capt. W. Converse PH O-725585 USAAF Margraten A-8-29
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. B.H. Ramsey jr. O-792308 USAAF USA Buried Georgia
Nav / Bombardier 1st Lt. A.E. Garni O-791583 USAAF USA Buried New York
Engineer T/Sgt. J.D. Thompson 19077464 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator Sgt. K.B. von Lindern 19011818 USAAF USA
T Gunner Sgt. F. Lamonica 12035387 USAAF Survived POW

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2338&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

http://www.b26.com/historian/trevor_allen/ijmuiden.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
16-May-2018 07:44 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Dec-2019 09:18 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
26-Jan-2021 10:10 Anon. Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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