Question for Mark in Rochester

[Mark in Rochester]

Thinking we can put this theory on the back burner for at least this Mary Ann B17

B-17 42-30001 / Mary Ann - Missing in Action Le Bourget 16/8/43 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron (Kimbolton)

This was not the Mary Ann in the movie that was B17 #38-584

38-584 B-17 FLYING FORTRESS
Delivered Salt Lake City 7-Sep-40; Lowry 24-Jul-43; to Class 26 Hobbs. NM as aircraft mechanics' trainer; Written off 17-Oct-43.

Crew: B-17 42-30001 / Mary Ann
Ray Bidwell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner KIA

John Cannell, Ball turret gunner KIA



Tom Johnson Co-pilot: KIA

Jack Ryan, Navigator
Mario Delivered Re, Bombardier POW
Wayne Bader, Radio Operator POW
Vic Chesquier, Waist gunner POW
Pete Murray, Waist gunner POW
Elvin Cocherall,Tail gunner POW
Larry Prentiss POW

Crashed Plessis Chenet, near Corbeil, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1297. MARY ANN.

There was also a location Named

The Mary Ann Site in Burtonwood Lancashire England

Mary Ann Site was occupied by 32 maintenance unit RAF between 1940 & 1942.

On the 11th of June 1942 the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) arrived on the site.

The 3 'C' type hangars were numbered AD4, AD5 & AD6 (AD meaning 'Aircraft Dock').

These hangars were manned by over 300 men in each hangar working day & night shifts 7 days a week.

Over 1,500 aircraft were modified, repaired and overhauled in each hangar each year in over 2 and a half years.

The personnel that worked in these hangars and workshops were very proud of their work.

Each hangar worked to produce more aircraft than its neighbor's hangar in a given time period.

Books, similar to college yearbooks were prepared by the personnel of some of the hangars and possibly 'all' of them.

On the 9th of June 1946, the USAAF returned control back to the RAF and number 276MU then occupied the site, its role being for long term aircraft storage, Inspection Repairs, and Modification of Aircraft issued to the RAF.

Also in 1946, the Ministry of Supply (MOS) took over control of the Mary Ann Site for covered storage.

In September 1948 the Americans were back, this time the United States Air Force (USAF).

The airfield was now being extensively used by Military Air Transport Services (MATS) as their UK base & for aircraft maintenance & servicing.

MaryAnn (Yacht)

Maryann was in service from 8 December 1941 until she was scuttled at Corregidor on 6 May 1942 to prevent her capture by the Japanese. She was, apparently, never formally commissioned as a United States Ship (U.S.S.) nor given an official designation but is shown in U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Vessels, Sunk or Damaged Beyond Repair during World War II, 7 December 1941-1 October 1945 under "Converted Patrol Vessels" along with Fisheries II and another converted yacht, named Perry, without the U.S.S. designation nor a hull number.

If the Maryann was scuttled in 42 not sure the stock would have been available for the rebuild stamp

B24 Mary Ann