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Date: 28-May-2022
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Detail page crash 25-Feb-1944
| CrashID | 635 |
| Date | 25-Feb-1944 |
| Time | 11.26-11.30 |
| Location | 20 Km West van Walcheren |
| Airplane | Glen Martin Company |
| Type / model | B-26B- Marauder |
| Serial number | 41-31648 |
| Registration number | KX-L "LA DIABLA" |
| Group | 387th BG USAAF |
| Squadron | 558 BS USAAF |
| Base | Chipping Ongar -Essex Station #162 |
| Mission | |
| Target | Bombardementsvlucht op het vliegveld Venlo |
| Crew | 1/Lt.James A Steinbach O666374 MIA 1./Thornton W. Stark O672242 MIA S/Sgt Howard S. Head 37375502 MIA T/Sgt Leroy P.Marchetti 31159821 MIA S/Sgt George W. Rice MIA S/Sgt Carl E. Reynollds MIA MACR 2331 |
| Cemeteries | NvT |
| Brief description of the crash | Shot down while homeward bound, just after crossing Dutch Coast, by fighters of JG 2 and JG 26 |