Date: 1943 May17/17			A/C Type: B-26  Marauder		SN: 41-18099		Code: ER-V		A/C Nickname:
File: 772		Airforce: USAAF		Sqn/Unit: 322 BG - 450 BS			Mission/Raid: Haarlem & Velsen-Noord Power Station
1	Pilot	Capt. Jack Crane                       MIA					9
2	Co-Pilot	2Lt. Charles F. Elliott                 MIA					10
3	Nav./B	1Lt. John B. Champlin               MIA					11
4	E	S/Sgt. George W. Williams     rescued in dinghy, RTD					12
5	RO	T/Sgt. Jesse W. Southworth     MIA					13
6	TG	S/Sgt. Jesse H. Lewis             rescued in dinghy, RTD					14
7							15
8							16
On return route over the North Sea (40 miles off Zandvoort) shot down by FW-190 fighter Fw. Niedereichholz (2./JG1). Two men could extract themselves from the sinking wreck and were rescued after 5 days on sea by a British vessel. 4 crew MIA.

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Sources/Read more:

- http://gillinghambattleb26crash.weebly.com/ssgt-george-williams.html 
- ABMC
- http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-margraten-e/46468-elliott-charles-f 
- http://www.8thafhs.com/media/documents/ijmuiden.pdf 








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