B-26G-20-MA Serial Number 44-67980 |
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| 98th Bombardment Wing HQ Aircraft | ||||
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This aircraft's tail carries markings from the 4 Bombardment Groups under the 98th Wing 323rd white horizontal stripe 387th tiger horizontal stripe 394th white diagonal stripe 397th yellow diagonal stripe |
According to
BOTNA, 98th BW Commanding Officers and
671st Bomb Squadron, Harold Mace was the XO of the 98th when this picture was taken. Major Genral Grover Cleveland Brown the 98th's Chief of staff had assumed command of the 387th BG |
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| There were 5 B-26's with a serial number that ended in 980 | ||||
| Master list of all 5271 B-26's
(from Benjamin Vaughan's 9th Airforce 456th BS 323rd BG website) used to determine unknown partial serial numbers. My thanks to him for posting that info! |
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| Serial No. Model No. |
Group Sqaud |
Notes about aircraft | Website used for reference | |
| 41-17980 B-26B-4-MA |
320th BG |
(wrong tail) fate 10/2/1943 WW |
(http://320thbg.org/b-26_serial_numbers.html) | |
| 41-31980 B-26B-35-MA |
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crashed at LA Oct 08, 1944 |
(http://www.markstyling.com/b26_research.15.htm) (http://asisbiz.com/il2/B-26-Marauder/1941031980.html) (http://www.accident-report.com/Serials/1941sa.htm) (http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Oct1944S.htm) |
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| 41-34980 B-26C-15-MO |
319th BG 438th BS |
(http://www.markstyling.com/b26_research.04.htm) | ||
| 42-95980 B-26B-50-MA |
344th BG |
damaged by AAA, crew abandoned aircraft 2/10/44 |
(http://www.markstyling.com/b26_research.09.htm) | |
| 44-67980 B-26G-20-MA |
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