556TH
BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, MEDIUM
Hangover Hut
Martin B-26B-20-MA Marauder
Sn: 41-31694
Squadron Code: FW-F
556TH
BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, MEDIUM
Hangover Hut
Martin B-26B-20-MA Marauder
Sn: 41-31694
Squadron Code: FW-F
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Crew Chief: T/Sgt. Thomas F. Coughlin
Asst. Crew Chief: Sgt. "Pete" Petrie
Hangover Hut was one of
the original cadre of B-26s that formed the 556th Bomb. Squadron. The crew
to which the aircraft was originally assigned and that flew the aircraft
from the United States to England was:
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CP B/N EG ROG AG C.C. |
1st Lt.
2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. S/Sgt. T/Sgt. PFC T/Sgt. |
William H. Sanders
Edwin J. Anderson Carl M. Caudill Raymond E. Vogel Benjamin Costello, Jr. Joseph A. Alfree Thomas F. Coughlin |
Hangover Hut flew
on both th Group's first combat mission on July 31, 1943, when it
flew diversion for the B-17s, and its last on April 26, 1945, against oil
storage tanks at Schrobenhausen, Germany. In the latter mission the Group
was recalled three minutes from base because the target had been overrun
by the fast-advancing U.S. ground forces; the Group did not get credited
for the mission because it never entered hostile air space.