Crew of B-26 Marauder - type B-50-MA - s/n 42-95942 |
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1Lt | William R RODDY | Pilot | Dead | Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James | |
2Lt | Vernon D BARBER | CoPilot | Dead | Cim Brit Am St-James | |
2Lt | Henri Caudill | BARNETT | Navigator | Dead | Wiggington Cem. London, KENTUCKY |
T/Sgt | Vincent HARVEY |
Radio Gunner |
Dead | Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James | |
MACR Missing Air Crew Reports n°3065. The Martin B-26B Marauder - # 42-95942 took off at 00:45 of the ground near Marrakech French Morocco. Fell at sea on its destination to the Royal Air Force Station in Saint Mawgan located in Cornwall. The B-24 falls at sea off Ploubazlanec for some unknown reason. The bodies were found in a dinghy on a beach between Paimpol and the tip of Bilfot on February 20, 1944, they will be buried in the western cemetery in St Brieuc. |
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Memorial from Ploubazlanec |
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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Findagrave.com - Francecrashes39-45.net - Absa3945.com - Cerp22.free.fr - Frédéric LAVERNHE |
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PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |