Crash B-26 Marauder

by , KilroyTrip

Memorial to the crew of the B-26 Marauder of the 386th Bomb Group, 553rd Bomb Squadron, 9th US Air Force which collided with a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 on July 28, 1944.

1st Lt. Frederick OLson Briggs. Pilot, deceased, lies in Colleville-sur-Mer Cemetery, Plot G, Row 12, Grave 30.
1st Lt. Leon .C. Higginbotham. Co-pilot, deceased, rests in USA.
1st Lt. Claude Cornélius Cannaday. Bomber, deceased, rests in USA.
S/Sgt Robert J. Birmingham. Machine Gunner, deceased.
T/Sgt Selwyn B. Danowitz. Radio, deceased, rests in USA.
S/Sgt Charley M. Johns. Mechanic, deceased, rests in USA.

Memorial to the crew of the B-26 Marauder of the 386th Bomb Group, 553rd Bomb Squadron, 9th US Air Force which collided with a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 on July 28, 1944. 1st Lt. Frederick OLson Briggs. Pilot, deceased, lies in Colleville-sur-Mer Cemetery, Plot G, Row 12, Grave 30. 1st Lt. Leon .C. Higginbotham. Co-pilot, deceased, rests in USA. 1st Lt. Claude Cornélius Cannaday. Bomber, deceased, rests in USA. S Sgt Robert J. Birmingham. Machine Gunner, deceased. T Sgt Selwyn B. Danowitz. Radio, deceased, rests in USA. S Sgt Charley M. Johns. Mechanic, deceased, rests in USA.