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Contributor - Sean Marshall

My Grandfather Lt. McCord Marshall (Pilot) was shot down 7 Aug 44 after the Blechammer raid (Florisdorf Oil Refinery) in which the group received a Presidential Unit Citation.

My Grandfather crash landed the plane because the right main gear had been shot out with flak. He had also suffered a head wound when a piece of flak had come through the windshield. Waist Gunner Sol Ravwitz had also been hit in the leg by flak. The Co-Pilot, Joe Young, had just arrived from the States for his first raid.

My Grandfather was also Co-Pilot/Pilot of  PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA (42-52563), flew 50 missions, then came home.

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