Accident Martin B-26B-4 Marauder 41-18090,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51876
 
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Date:Monday 17 May 1943
Time:12:13
Type:Silhouette image of generic B26M model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Martin B-26B-4 Marauder
Owner/operator:322th BGp /452th BSqn USAAF
Registration: 41-18090
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 8 km west of IJmuiden, Noord-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. Shot down by IJmuiden Flak.

Call Sign: DR-L
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. E.R. Norton AM PH O-792299 USAAF Margraten WOM
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. J.A. Norton jr. PH O-792300 USAAF Margraten P-16-5 Body recovered near Den Helder 26 Jul 43
Nav / Bombardier 1st Lt. A.X. Zeidenfeld PH O-662330 USAAF Margraten O-22-17 Body recovered near Callantsoog 7th Jun 43
Engineer Sgt. R.H. Mac Dougall PH 11037593 USAAF Margraten P-22-3 Body recovered near St. Maartenszee 11nd Aug 43
Radio Operator S/Sgt. H.E. Kegg AM PH 35353961 USAAF Cambridge WOM
T Gunner S/Sgt. B.W. Longworth 35325379 USAAF Survived POW

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2340&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 07:49 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Dec-2019 09:19 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
26-Jan-2021 10:07 Anon. Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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