USAAF 319th Bombardment Group 440th Bombardment Squadron

41-34892 Martin B-26C-10-MO Marauder

Photo 41-34892 Martin B-26C-10-MO Marauder 319BG440BS code 83 named 'Modern Design' showing damage from a mid-air collision with another B-26

USAAF serial number S/N: 41-34892 Martin B-26C-10-MO Marauder

1941034892, 41-34892 Martin B-26C-10-MO Marauder, Fate: Unit: 17BG34BS+319BG440BS Remarks: 17BG34BS Code:07 named: Modern Design transferred from 319BG440BS Code:83 named: Modern Design Completed 104 Missions. Also IWM photo data Ground personnel of the 319th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force work on a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-34892) nicknamed "Modern Design" damaged in a mid air collision, 9 February 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'MTO B-26. 134892. 319BG, 440BS, "Modern Design". Printed caption on reverse: '27695 AC - One elevator, a prayer and a lot of good flying brought this AAF B-26 Marauder home following a midair collision Feb. 9 [Handwritten addition: '1944']. 1st Lt. Roscoe Nemer, 637 Reis Ave., Evansville, Ind., 19-year old veteran bomber pilot, landed the heavy Marauder after the wing and propeller of another plane had sliced away half his tail section. This rear view of the crippled bomber shows that the left elevator is completely destroyed. Nemer was forced to land at 175MPH to compensate for the loss. This was Nemer's second close shave within two weeks. He was forced down by fighters and flak to a belly-landing Jan. 28. Nemer flies with the "Big-Tail Birds", oldest medium bomb group in the Mediterranean theater. Disposal: