556TH
BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, MEDIUM
Circle Jerk
Martin B-26B-50-MA Marauder
Sn: 42-95868
Squadron Code: FW-L
556TH
BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, MEDIUM
Circle Jerk
Martin B-26B-50-MA Marauder
Sn: 42-95868
Squadron Code: FW-L
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Crew Chief: S/Sgt. Franklyn Fetzer
Asst. Crew Chief: Cpl. Russel H. Cumiford
Asst. Crew Chief: Cpl. John Arbogast
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
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