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386th Bombardment Group B-26s B-26 Research Main The purpose of these pages is to share information relating to the B-26 in WWII. If you have any additions or corrections please E-mail me and I will make necessary changes. These lists are arranged by either serial number or squadron code letter. A known mame or reference to nose art appears in italic. Group Markings: Yellow horizontal band on fin
552nd Bombardment Squadron Squadron Markings: RG Fuselage Codes 41-31617 Winnie RG-A Lt. Mahan 41-31637 THE DEACON RG-B Lt. Willnow 42-96084 BATTLE BABY RG-B 43-34329 RG-B 44-67323 RG-B 41-31644 Crescendo RG-C 41-31965 GLORIA RG-C 350 RG-C 41-31608 RG-D 41-34941 Slightly Dangerous RG-D 44-67843 RG-D 41-34958 Hazard RG-F 42-96112 RG-F 41-31842 Sixovus RG-F Lt. Duff 41-31639 GAMBLER’S LUCK RG-G Lt. Darst 41-31616 Mert and the Flying Circus RG-H 43-34302 RG-H 41-31630 Geronimo RG-J Capt.Marble 43-34374 RG-J 43-34610 RG-J 236 RG-J 41-34987 DannyBoy II RG-K 41-35019 Horizontal Helen RG-K 41-34970 Margie RG-L 42-96106 RG-L 41-34961 MISS CARRAIGE RG-M 485 RG-M 41-31638 PANSY YOKUM RG-N 41-31738 Seductive Susie RG-O Capt. Slanker 43-34171 RG-O 41-31633 HOT PISTOL RG-P 43-32483 RG-P 44-67339 RG-P 41-31786 RG-Q Lt. Clever 41-34954 Dottie RG-Q 41-39566 RG-Q 42-96311 RG-Q 41-31620 BLACK MAGIC RG-R 43-34318 RG-R 43-34608 RG-R 41-31850 THE DEACON RG-S Capt. Ritter 43-34202 RG-S 396 RG-S 41-31953 BUZZ-N-BITCH II RG-T 110 MISSIONS 43-34304 Buzz-N-Bitch III RG-T 41-31586 Shadrach RG-U 41-39410 RG-U 42-96321 True love RG-V 41-31945 RG-W 41-31709 RG-X Lt. Golladay 41-34962 RG-X 43-34209 Muriel RG-X 41-31737 Male Call RG-Y Lt. Wendel 41-34399 RG-Y 41-34962 RG-Y 345 RG-Y 41-35247 Carefree Carolyn RG-Z Unknown Codes 41-31632 DannyBoy 41-34873 Umbriago Buzz-N-Bitch shot down by AAA over France Mar 5, 1944. MACR 2604 42-96284 43-34954 43-34958 43-34961 43-34970 43-34987 43-35019	553rd Bombardment Squadron Squadron Markings: AN Fuselage Codes 42-96116 AN-A 43-34297 AN-A 42-96084 AN-C 41-31889 AN-D 41-31823 AN-D 41-31805 AN-D 43-34458 AN-D 41-31844 Touch O' Texas II AN-F Lt. Bledsoe 41-31821 AN-F 41-31827 AN-G 41-34949 AN-H 41-31656 SPARE PARTS AN-H Capt. Senter 43-22373 AVAILABLE AN-H 41-31585 Blazing Heat AN-J 42-96298 AN-J 42-96316 AN-K 41-34962 AN-K 41-34888 Grit AN-L 41-34888 GRIM REAPER II AN-L 43-34197 BLUE BLAZER AN-L 41-33885 MISS FORTUNE II AN-M 41-31775 AN-N Pilot: Lt. Rutt 42-96128 AN-N 41-31610 AN-P 41-31650 Miss Mary AN-O 365 AN-O March 9, 1945 41-31610 HARD LUCK / Wabash Cannonball AN-P Capt. Robert Brockhouse 41-31608 Our Baby AN-Q Lt. Hickman 41-31848 AN-Q 42-96098 AN-Q 41-31902 Crime Doctor AN-R 41-31607 THE SEXATION AN-R 42-96209 AN-R 44-67916 AN-R 41-31606 Rat Poison AN-S Major Hoover 41-31602 Two Way Ticket AN-T 42-96275 AN-T 44-67808 AN-T 41-31600 The Mad Russian AN-U LT Charles A. Ritter 41-31597 The Wolf AN-V Lt. Quigley 41-31823 MISS LIGHNIN AN-V 42-96096 AN-V 43-34358 AN-V 43-34210 LA PALOMA AN-V 41-31587 Bomb Boogie AN-W 41-31583 La Golondrina AN-X Lt. Archbald 351 AN-X March 9, 1945 41-31577 Elmer AN-Y 41-34937 Star Dust YA-N 41-31576 Dinah Might AN-Z Capt. Robert T. Harris Lost 18/11/44. MACR 10462 43-34357 AN-Z 355 AN-B 251 AN-C 571 AN-F 343 AN-J 573 AN-L 258 AN-O 605 AN-O 413 AN-P 314 AN-Q 272 AN-V 41-31840 AN-Q 43-22368 AN-Z Unknown Codes 41-31604 MISS FORTUNE 43-34827 41-34937
554th Bombardment Squadron Squadron Markings: RU Fuselage Codes 41-31658 Privy Donna RU-A Capt. Olson 563 RU-A 43-34421 RU-A 41-31636 HONEY CHILE II RU-B 326 RU-B 43-34422 RU-B 41-39577 RU-C 41-31646 LETHAL LADY RU-C Lt. Lee 42-96048 RU-C 41-31622 Litljo RU-D Capt. Schuler 43-34413 MARIE RU-D 43-22386 RU-E 43-22386 RU-E 41-31755 Ye Olde Crocke RU-F 44-67809 RU-F 41-31631 Boomerang RU-G 41-31635 (?) Question Mark RU-H 41-31984 Good Buddie RU-H 41-31812 RU-I 41-31586 Shadrack RU-J Lt. Mallinoff 41-31812 HONEY CHILE III RU-J 41-34947 LADY LUCK RU-K 42-107605 4Q RU-K 43-34420 RU-K 43-34211 RU-K 41-31628 The Bad Penny RU-L 43-34214 ELENOR RU-L 43-34152 RU-L 358 RU-L 41-18284 Texas Tarantula RU-M Lt. Horn 41-31667 Smokey RU-N Lt. Messerau 43-22369 Stinky RU-N 511 RU-N 42-107605 '4' RU-N 41-31763 Cloud Hopper 2nd RU-O Lt. Ainslie 42-96184 RU-O 43-34190 RU-O 43-34164 RU-O 41-31621 THUMBS UP RU-P 41-317621 Cloud Hopper II RU-P 42-96021 RU-P 357 RU-P 375 RU-P March 9, 1945 41-34971 PAY OFF RU-Q Lt. McMullen 42-96216 RU-Q 41-31771 4 F RU-R 1st Lt. Joseph S. Benjamin 417 RU-R 312 RU-S 41-31743 BARBARA/Dorothy RU-S 41-31621 RU-S 42-96083 RU-T 41-31790 RU-T 41-31832 THE BAD PENNY II RU-U 43-34149 GINNY RU-U 41-31877 Bar Fly RU-V Capt. McDaniel 43-34350 RU-V Unknown Codes 42-96194 BARBARA ANN 41-31611 SWEATIN' 2ND HONEY CHILE HONEY CHILE III Good Buddy HOME STRETCH 43-34947 43-34971 43-34364	555th Bombardment Squadron Squadron Markings: YA Fuselage Codes 41-31789 Hell's Belle II YA-A Lt. Thompson 41-31743 BUTCH YA-B 41-31852 Man-O-War JNR YA-B 42-96126 YA-B 41-31644 Crescendo YA-C 43-34198 FLYING 69TH YA-C 337 YA-C 41-31794 SPARTA YA-D 41-31947 Yankee Doodle Dandy YA-D 41-31805 YA-D 41-31970 Spam-Burger YA-F Lt. Peebles 43-34436 MORE SPAM BURGER YA-F 41-31970 Spam Burger 2nd YA-F Lt Taylor Quince 41-31987 HELL’S-A-POPPIN II YA-G 41-31615 HELL’S ANGELS YA-G 41-31827 T.S. TICKET YA-G 41-31796 MISS MURIEL II YA-H 42-96215 DINK'S DANDY YA-H 43-34344 YA-H 41-31685 LADY FROM HADES YA-J Lt. Beggs 41-31619 Man-O-War YA-J 43-34230 L-LOCO-LOBO YA-J 415 YA-J 41-34948 Miss Muriel YA-K Capt. Bartolain 41-31792 WE'LL BE THERE YA-K Lt. Morgan 43-34315 YA-K 41-34888 GRIM REAPER II YA-L 41-34946 The Yankee Guerilla YA-L 41-31685 LADY FROM HADES YA-L 43-34306 Guerilla's Mate YA-L 41-34944 NEMO YA-M 42-96041 WABASH CANNONBALL YA-M 42-96286 FOUR ROSES YA-M 41-34937 STAR DUST YA-N 42-96120 YA-N 41-31768 INCENDIARY MARY YA-O 42-96087 YA-O 42-96269 OLE GRAY MARE YA-O 42-96100 SWAMP ANGEL YA-O 42-96131 PERKATORY II YA-P 41-31634 HELL'S HURRICANE YA-P 41-31627 Perkatory YA-Q 42-96310 FLORIDA FOX YA-Q 42-96220 Man-O-War- IV YA-Q Lt. James T. Marrin, Jr 43-34310 Three-Ten YA-Q Lt. Smith 41-31625 Hell 's Fury YA-R 41-35009 YA-R 41-31634 Loretta young YA-S Lt. Maxwell 42-96273 S FOR SUGAR YA-S 42-107839 YA-S 43-34353 YA-S 41-31623 Hell's Belle YA-T 583 YA-T 43-34354 DAISY MAE YA-T / Z 41-35011 YA-T 41-31619 MAN-O-WAR YA-U 376 YA-U 41-35358 Sexy Betsy YA-V 41-31618 XTERMINATOR YA-V 268 YA-V 41-31615 Hell's Angel YA-W Philip Tener 43-34243 YA-W 43-22467 YA-W 42-96324 MISS X YA-X 41-31614 HELL’S-A-POPPIN YA-X 42-96296 LADY AUB MAR EID YA-X 41-31613 Son-of-Satan YA-Y Capt. Owen 43-34356 My Shacking Cousin YA-Z Lt. Ford 41-31612 Mr Five by Five YA-Z Captain Bob Sands 342 YA-Z Unknown Codes 41-34965 Mary Marauder 41-34968 WHAT'S COOKIN 41-34989 ROCKS OFF 42-107605 4
Known Losses 41-31576 (386th BG) lost 18/11/44. MACR 10462 41-31585 (553rd BS) crashlanded at base 22/6/44 41-31587 (553rd BS) shot down 41-31597 (553rd BS) shot down, North Sea by Fw 190s 30/7/43. MACR 212 41-31602 (553rd BS) crashed on takeoff at Colchester30/7/43 41-31609 (553rd BS) crashlanded at Lympne 26/11/43 41-31613 (555th BS) shot down by AAA over Germany 18/11/44. MACR 10466 41-31614 (555th BS) crashlanded 3/10/42 41-31615 (555th BS) crashlanded 18/11/44 41-31618 (555th BS) shot down by Fw 190 into North Sea 23/1/44. MACR 2077 41-31619 (555th BS) shot down 25/4/44 41-31620 (555th BS) crashlanded 25/3/44 41-31622 (554th BS) crashlanded 23/9/44 41-31623 (555th BS) crashed in UK 26/1/44 41-31624 (386th BG, 555th BS) crashed on takeoff 20/5/44 41-31625 (555th BS) shot down near Schiphol 13/12/43. MACR 1413 41-31627 (555th BS) destroyed when Ju 88 crashed on it 22/3/44 41-31628 (554th BS) crashlanded 28/6/44 41-31632 (552nd BS) crashed on take-off 23/6/43 41-31633 (552nd BS) crashlanded 12/8/44 41-31634 (555th BS) misidentified in clouds, shot down by Spitfire 9/8/43. MACR 164 41-31635 (554th BS) crashed on landing 4/1/44. 41-31637 (552nd BS) destroyed in crash at Manston 8/3/44 41-31638 (552nd BS) crashlanded at Manston 14/1/44 41-31644 (555th BS) in midair collision with 41-31685, Holland 22/2/4. MACR 2322 41-31646 (554th BS) crashlanded Apr 30/4/44 41-31658 (554th BS) bellylanded Jul 23/7/44 41-31667 (554th BS) abandoned Feb 10/2/45 41-31743 (555th BS) crashed on takeoff 10/6/944 41-31755 (554th BS) crashlanded in France 7/10/44 41-31763 (554th BS) hit by bomb, crew abandoned over France 31/5/44 MACR 5120 41-31768 (555th BS) crashlanded May 29, 1944 41-31771 (554th BS) shot down by AAA over Germany 16/2/45. MACR 12435. 41-31775 (553rd BS) damaged by fighters, ditched in Channel 25/3/44. MACR 4029 41-31786 (552nd BS) crashlanded 22/6/44 41-31789 (555th BS) shot down by AAA 18/11/44 41-31790 (554th BS) crashlanded at Manston 10/11/43 41-31794 (555th BS) shot down by AAA, bellylanded France 12/7/44 MACR 2045 41-31796 (555th BS) destroyed in wheels-up landing 24/4/44 41-31805 (553rd BS) in midair collision with Fw 190 over France 28/7/44. MACR 7016 41-31842 (552nd BS) crashed in France when ran out of fuel 12/12/44 41-31827 (555th BS) shot down by AAA 30/4/44. MACR 4212 41-31832 (554th BS) crashed at base 41-31848 (553rd BS) damaged by AAA, ditched in English Channel 29/5/44.MACR 5126 41-31850 (552nd BS) crashed on landing 21/9/43 41-31852 (555th BS) shot down by AAA in France 25/4/44. MACR 4133 41-31877 (554th BS) crashed on takeoff 1/1/45 41-31902 (553rd BS) crashlanded 28/7/44	Known Losses Continued 41-31889 (553rd BS) shot down by AAA over France 5/11/43. MACR 1047 41-31947 (555th BS) shot down by AAA over St. Pol, France 5/2/44. MACR 2232 41-31953 (552nd BS) crashlanded 18/8/44 41-31965 (552nd BS) crashlanded 4/6/44. 41-31970 (555th BS) shot down by AAA over Germany 7/10/4. MACR 9221 41-34821 (553rd BS) crashlanded 42-34821 (553rd BS) crashlanded 42- 96083 (554th BS) shot down by AAA over France 31/7/44. MACR 7661 42-96084 (553rd BS) crashlanded at Manston 42-96087 (555th BS) shot down by AAA 22/6/44. MACR 6383 42-96100 (555th BS) shot down by AAA over France 27/5/44. MACR 5123 42-96116 (553rd BS) shot down by AAA over France 11/6/44. MACR 5713 42-96184 (554th BS) crashlanded in France 6/8/44. MACR 7875 42-96209 (553rd BS) crashlanded in France 31/7/44 42-96215 (555th BS) crashlanded 42-96220 (555th BS) shot down by AAA over Germany 7/10/44. MACR 9272 42-96273 (555th BS) in belly landing 42-96275 (553rd BS) exploded in midair over Germany 15/12/44. MACR 11484 42-96284 (552nd BS) shot down by AAA over France 16/8/44. MACR 7647 42-96286 (555th BS) crashlanded 42-96324 (555th BS) shot down by AAA over France 18/7/44. MACR 7048 42-107839 (555th BS) crashlanded 43-34888 (553rd BS) crashlanded 43-34944 (555th BS) damaged by AAA and abandoned by crew 6/3/44 43-34946 (555th BS) crashed into house at Compeigne 5/10/4 43-34947 (554th BS) wing blown off by AAA over France10/2/4. MACR 2082. 43-34948 (555th BS) destroyed in wheels-up landing 3/10/44 43-34949 (553rd BS) bellylanded at Boxted 43-34954 (552nd BS) crashlanded 26/11/43 43-34958 (552nd BS) shot down by AAA 9/9/43 43-34961 (552nd BS) crashlanded at Manston 8/4/44 43-34970 (552nd BS) ditched in English Channel 8/9/43 43-34971 (554th BS) shot down by Fw 190 22/8/43 over France. MACR 375 43-34987 (552nd BS) ditched in English Channel 27/9/43. MACR 755 43-34989 (555th BS) shot down by AAA over France 12/6/44. MACR 5651 43-35019 (552nd BS) crashlanded 16/8/44 43-34211 (554th BS) shot down by AAA over France 18/8/44. MACR 7787 43-34214 (554th BS) damaged by AAA, crew abandoned, France 11/8/44. MACR 7793 43-34297 (553rd BS) damaged by AAA and crew bailed out 28/11/944 43-34318 (552nd BS) crashed on takeoff 25/12/44 43-34353 (555th BS) shot down by AAA, France 18/11/44. MACR 10467 43-34354 (555th BS) shot down by AAA 13/10/44. MACR 9816 43-34356 (555th BS) crashed on takeoff 26/12/44 43-34364 (554th BS) crashed Netherlands 24/9/44. MACR 9220 43-34370 (553rd BS) exploded in midair 11/11/44 43-34436 (555th BS) crashlanded 44-67827 (553rd BS) crashed on returning to base 29/12/44
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