B-26G-20-MA Serial Number 44-67980

98th Bombardment Wing HQ Aircraft
This aircraft's tail carries markings from the
4 Bombardment Groups under the 98th Wing
323rd white horizontal stripe
387th tiger horizontal stripe
394th white diagonal stripe
397th yellow diagonal stripe
According to BOTNA, 98th BW Commanding Officers and 671st Bomb Squadron,
Harold Mace was the XO of the 98th when this picture was taken.
Major Genral Grover Cleveland Brown the 98th's Chief of staff had assumed command of the 387th BG
There were 5 B-26's with a serial number that ended in 980
Master list of all 5271 B-26's (from Benjamin Vaughan's 9th Airforce 456th BS 323rd BG website)
used to determine unknown partial serial numbers.
My thanks to him for posting that info!
Serial No.
Model No.
Group
Sqaud
Notes about aircraft Website used for reference
41-17980
B-26B-4-MA
320th BG
 
(wrong tail)
fate 10/2/1943 WW
(http://320thbg.org/b-26_serial_numbers.html)
41-31980
B-26B-35-MA
 
 
 
crashed at LA Oct 08, 1944
(http://www.markstyling.com/b26_research.15.htm)
(http://asisbiz.com/il2/B-26-Marauder/1941031980.html)
(http://www.accident-report.com/Serials/1941sa.htm)
(http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Oct1944S.htm)
41-34980
B-26C-15-MO
319th BG
438th BS
(http://www.markstyling.com/b26_research.04.htm)
42-95980
B-26B-50-MA
344th BG
 
damaged by AAA,
crew abandoned aircraft 2/10/44
(http://www.markstyling.com/b26_research.09.htm)
44-67980
B-26G-20-MA

created: 09-13-2009
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