384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in World War II

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42-37789 SU*H Crash

Front_view.jpg Fisher and some of the fellows taking out Tokyo tanks.ThumbnailsLeft to right W. Siekierka, Msgt. Francis and Msgt. Cook.jpgFisher and some of the fellows taking out Tokyo tanks.ThumbnailsLeft to right W. Siekierka, Msgt. Francis and Msgt. Cook.jpgFisher and some of the fellows taking out Tokyo tanks.ThumbnailsLeft to right W. Siekierka, Msgt. Francis and Msgt. Cook.jpgFisher and some of the fellows taking out Tokyo tanks.ThumbnailsLeft to right W. Siekierka, Msgt. Francis and Msgt. Cook.jpgFisher and some of the fellows taking out Tokyo tanks.ThumbnailsLeft to right W. Siekierka, Msgt. Francis and Msgt. Cook.jpgFisher and some of the fellows taking out Tokyo tanks.ThumbnailsLeft to right W. Siekierka, Msgt. Francis and Msgt. Cook.jpgFisher and some of the fellows taking out Tokyo tanks.ThumbnailsLeft to right W. Siekierka, Msgt. Francis and Msgt. Cook.jpg

42-37789 SU*H Crash landed after test flight by Lt Col Nuttall 24 April 44.

Scrubbed for the 24 April 1944 Oberpfaffenhofen mission, the plane was test flown later that day by Nuttall; “Lt. Col. Nuttall, 2nd Lt. Alfred E. Cole (CP), and 2nd Lt. Harold F. Gantert (N) [& Charles Anderson RO] were flying when their plane shed part of a wing as they were approaching the runway to land. No one was injured in the accident, but the possibilities were enormous. A siphoning [leaking] wing tank and a flare back as Col. Nuttall cut the throttles which set fire to the escaping gas causing a terrific explosion were the contributing causes to the crash. The portion of the wing dropped off when the plane was still about 15 feet off the ground as the explosion occurred, the ship dropped solidly to the runway and careened off to the left onto the grass where it tipped to the side minus the wing portion and caught fire. The crew abandoned ship in a hurry and in spite of the efforts of fire fighters, the plane was almost entirely consumed.” 544BS History.

Photo from the collection of Marvin Hudson, 546th BS Line Chief.

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