Crew Roster · Personal File

Osborn Malone

S/Sgt. Osborn M. Malone served as tail gunner aboard B-24J 42-100416 'Baggy Maggy' on the 18 September 1944 low-level supply mission to Allied airborne forces near Arnhem, Holland, part of Operation Market Garden. Reported missing in action after the aircraft was hit by ground fire and crash-landed near Castelré; status remained MIA on the original MACR. No further detail on Malone's role in the crash or his life before or after it turned up in any of the sources reviewed.

Sortie Log

1 CATALOGUED SORTIE
18 SEP 1944

The sorties below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 639
18 SEP 1944
Eindhoven
B-24J serial 42-100416, nicknamed 'Baggie Maggie,' departed Hardwick on 18 September 1944 on a supply mission to Eindhoven, Netherlands. The aircraft was last known at position 51-50 N, 05-80 E at 1550 hours. Loss was attributed to enemy machine gun fire. The aircraft was last sighted by Capt. Charles F. Evang (O-725139). Ten persons were aboard: a crew of nine and one passenger (Pass, role=null, skipped).
Baggy Maggy42-100416