Failed to Return (FTR) D-day mission to Normandy, C-47 #42-100876 hit by flak and set on fire, pilot Marvin F Muir held his burning aircraft under control until the paratroopers aboard could exit, sacrificing himself and his crew. Crashed St Mere Eglise. Killed in Action (KIA). 6-Jun-44. MACR 7289.
2Lt Marvin Muir, Pilot
2Lt Kenneth C Bell, Co-Pilot
2Lt John A Mariasy, Navigator
S/Sgt Clifford L Burgess, Flight Engr
Sgt Philip Snyder, Radioman
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Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
2Lt Marvin Muir, Pilot
2Lt Kenneth C Bell, Co-Pilot
2Lt John A Mariasy, Navigator
S/Sgt Clifford L Burgess, Flight Engr
Sgt Philip Snyder, Radioman
~
Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
Failed to Return (FTR) D-day mission to Normandy, C-47 #42-100876 hit by flak and set on fire, pilot Marvin F Muir held his burning aircraft under control until the paratroopers aboard could exit, sacrificing himself and his crew. Crashed St Mere Eglise. Killed in Action (KIA). 6-Jun-44. MACR 7289.
2Lt Marvin Muir, Pilot
2Lt Kenneth C Bell, Co-Pilot
2Lt John A Mariasy, Navigator
S/Sgt Clifford L Burgess, Flight Engr
Sgt Philip Snyder, Radioman
~
Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
2Lt Marvin Muir, Pilot
2Lt Kenneth C Bell, Co-Pilot
2Lt John A Mariasy, Navigator
S/Sgt Clifford L Burgess, Flight Engr
Sgt Philip Snyder, Radioman
~
Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
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