Finding Aid · Aircraft Index · Serial 42-73503
B-24J · 409th Bombardment Squadron · 93rd BG (H)

“Marion”

42-73503
Missing in Action
Fuselage Code
YM
Radio Call Letter
YYoke
Cataloged Sorties
7

On May 12, 1944, anti-aircraft fire found the aircraft near Langenalza, Germany. Damaged beyond recovery, it went down and crashed at Craula, some ten kilometers southwest of the city. All ten crew members managed to bail out, but they came down in German-held territory and were captured. Each would spend the remainder of the war in a prisoner of war camp. The incident was recorded as MACR 4828.

Sortie Log

A sortie is a single combat mission flown by an aircraft and its crew. The entries below document known sorties associated with this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. This list represents verified flights but may not be complete; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

Date
Pilot
Cataloged Crew
Target
Target Type
24 FEB 1944
Atkinson
10 MEN
Aviation Industry
25 FEB 1944
Atkinson
10 MEN
Aviation Industry
02 MAR 1944
Kleiner
10 MEN
Marshalling Yard
06 MAR 1944
Atkinson
10 MEN
Industrial Area
25 APR 1944
Boyce
10 MEN
Marshalling Yard
04 MAY 1944
Van Winkle
10 MEN
06 MAY 1944
Van Winkle
10 MEN
V-weapon Site

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