Martin B-26G-1-MA Marauder,s/n 43-34165
573rd BS, 391st BG, 9th AF.
Hit twice by AAA over the target on the December 2,1944 mission to Saarlauten,Germany causing the pilot to belly-land back at the base in France. Three were wounded, including the pilot, and one man was killed.

2ndLt. Edmund B. Dunn - pilot (wounded)
2ndLt. Edwin H. Armstrong - copilot
S/Sgt. Oliver W. Hartwell - bombardier
S/Sgt. Jesse M. Elerbee - flight engineer/gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. James B. Sims - radio operator/gunner (wounded)
Sgt. John J. Wagner - armorer/gunner (wounded)

S/Sgt. Elerbee was a substitute flight engineer, replacing Sgt. Clarence B. Altic,Jr.

Flak hit

A 464th Bomb Group B-24 flies through flak.
(rudeerude)

Flak

Lt. Ellis Wallenberg, a 73rd Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group, 7th Air Force P-47 pilot, examines the prop of his plane after returning to Ryuku Retto. A 20mm cannon shell from a Japanese fighter pierced the prop blade but didn't damage anything else.Wallenberg was KIA Ryukyus, 15 July 1945.