| Date: 1943 May17/17 | A/C Type: B-26 Marauder | SN: 41-17979 | Code: DR-O | A/C Nickname: |  |
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| File: 770 | Airforce: USAAF | Sqn/Unit: 322 BG - 452 BS | Mission/Raid: Haarlem & Velsen-Noord Power Station | |||||||
| 1 | Pilot | Lt. Col. William R. Purinton | 9 | |||||||
| 2 | Co-Pilot | 2Lt. William H. Kinney | 10 | |||||||
| 3 | Nav./B | 1Lt. Edward F. Jefferis KIA, buried Castricum | 11 | |||||||
| 4 | E | S/Sgt. Jean J. Duhamel | 12 | |||||||
| 5 | RO | S/Sgt. Robert J. Guenther | 13 | |||||||
| 6 | TG | Sgt. Lester F. Miller | 14 | |||||||
| 7 | 15 | |||||||||
| 8 | 16 | |||||||||
On return route over the Dutch coast shot down by Flak south of IJmuiden and crashed in sea 2 miles off IJmuiden. They were picked up by a Dutch fishing boat that had a German guard on board. 5 POW. |
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Sources/read more:
- http://www.b26.com/historian/trevor_allen/ijmuiden.htm
- ABMC
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