USAAF 42-95868 Martin B-26B-50-MA Marauder

USAAF serial number S/N: 42-95868 Martin B-26B-50-MA Marauder

1942095868, 42-95868 Martin B-26B-50-MA Marauder Fate: Destroyed by Fire Unit: 387BG556BS

Remarks: 387BG556BS (Chipping Ongar) - Tiger Tails Code:FW-L Name:Circle Jerk cracked up when it hit an oil drum that was on the runway at Chateaudun during a practice night landing. S/Sgt. Robert H. Pitt was pinned in the wreckage, and was extricated by S/Sgt. Henry L. Mayre just before the plane burst into flames. The other crew members escaped unhurt. On board Circle Jerk were:

Pilot CP B/N EG ROG AG

1st Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. S/Sgt. S/Sgt. S/Sgt.

Verne V. Thompson William Sherman Russel H. Trapper Henry L. Mayre Robert H. Pitt, II Robert A. Leipse

O-699476 O-741113 37623800 36523886

 

Disposal: 21-Sep-44