Lost American airmen Essex, Recovery ongoing

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Anyone know which aircraft and where I know its a B26 from Stansted
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-09-02/...ng-ww2-airman/

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I've seen elsewhere somewhere that the site is visible from the M11, so I'd guess quite close to Stansted. Beyond that, sorry, no idea.

Adrian

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Cheers Adrian, just wondered that was all, looks like it went in fairly low if they managed to scamble out

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42-95814 “Susanne” K9-T 494th Plane crashed on take-off. Bombs exploded & men killed by blast. Crashed 5 miles south-south-east of Stansted on 4/6/44 a mission to bomb the bridge at Courcelles-sur-Seine. The aircraft exploded. Salvaged the same day by the 74th Air Service Squadron.

1st Lt. John V Pikula , Pilot
2nd Lt. George E Lyons Co-Pilot
S/Sgt. John A. Strauss, Bomb/Nav.
S/Sgt. G L Blosser Radio/Gun
S/Sgt. H G Mooney , Eng/Gun
S/Sgt. Boyd Pauling Tailgunner

This site is well known to locals and has been subject over the years to Nighthawking by metal detectorists, several years ago a nighthawker tried to dig a large object that was located using metal detecting equipment and succeeded in finding a Roman Lead Coffin (now on display at Harlow museum) A lot of surface fragments from the aircraft are rumoured to have been removed over the years too.

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Thank you Denis for the info I do hope they do manage to find a small piece to confirm. RIP Sirs

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4 Survived, 1 Interred and then Buried Kentucky, one on the "Wall of Missing" Camberley

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Camberley? or Madingley?

Adrian