42-97549
MACR 3196
MACR 3196
THE B-17 HAD MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES: ONE RUNAWAY
PROPELLER AND 4 RUNAWAY SUPERCHARGERS RESULTED IN A
LOSS OF POWER. DESCENT WAS STARTED AND THE ORDER TO
PREPARE FOR BAIL OUT WAS GIVEN. THE BOMBS WERE
SALVOED, BUT A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED AND SOME OF THE
BOMBS BECAME WEDGED IN THE OPEN BOMB BAY. THE
INCENDIARY CAME OFF THE RACKS AND WERE ROLLING
AROUND IN THE BAY. AT THIS TIME FOUR OF THE CREW BAILED
OUT. THE OTHERS ELECTED TO STAY. THE BOMBS WERE
FINALLY FREED AND DROPPED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND
LANDED ON ANOTHER BASE IN ENGLAND. LT MCGUIRE WAS
BURIED IN THE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AT KIRCHDORF ON
MARCH 11, 1944. HE WAS LATER REINTERRED IN ARDENNES.
THESE MEN ARE LISTED ON THE MICRO FILM FROM MAXWELL
ARCHIVES AS PART OF LT J.R. MILLER'S CREW, ALTHOUGH THE
MACR LISTS GULINO AS THE PILOT.
INFO FROM EDWARD HINRICHS BOOK
PROPELLER AND 4 RUNAWAY SUPERCHARGERS RESULTED IN A
LOSS OF POWER. DESCENT WAS STARTED AND THE ORDER TO
PREPARE FOR BAIL OUT WAS GIVEN. THE BOMBS WERE
SALVOED, BUT A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED AND SOME OF THE
BOMBS BECAME WEDGED IN THE OPEN BOMB BAY. THE
INCENDIARY CAME OFF THE RACKS AND WERE ROLLING
AROUND IN THE BAY. AT THIS TIME FOUR OF THE CREW BAILED
OUT. THE OTHERS ELECTED TO STAY. THE BOMBS WERE
FINALLY FREED AND DROPPED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND
LANDED ON ANOTHER BASE IN ENGLAND. LT MCGUIRE WAS
BURIED IN THE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AT KIRCHDORF ON
MARCH 11, 1944. HE WAS LATER REINTERRED IN ARDENNES.
THESE MEN ARE LISTED ON THE MICRO FILM FROM MAXWELL
ARCHIVES AS PART OF LT J.R. MILLER'S CREW, ALTHOUGH THE
MACR LISTS GULINO AS THE PILOT.
INFO FROM EDWARD HINRICHS BOOK
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MISSION #14 BERLIN MARCH 8, 1944
MISSING CREW MEMBERS LISTED BELOW
OTHER CREW NAMES NOT AVAILABLE
MISSING CREW MEMBERS LISTED BELOW
OTHER CREW NAMES NOT AVAILABLE
