Shopworn Angel: The Story of Frank Carrozza and the B-26 Marauder

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This website by Carl Carrozza is meant to provide information for those interested in the history of our WWII flying men and the B-26 Marauder. This site is the official website of the 344th Bomb Group.

I dedicate this page to my father, Frank P. Carrozza: 344th Bomb Group 495 Bomb Squadron . Click here for a biographic sketch .
The following is an in-depth record of the combat experiences of the individual member of the 344th Bomb Group and the history of the planes they flew in. Included are photos, video, and as many firsthand accounts of the stories behind this Marauder Bomb Group as I can find.
Please understand that this may forever be a work in progress. Any additional information you may have no matter how small would be appreciated. Please write me at damonbok@hotmail.com.

Come back from time to time to find updates.

 

• MACRs Missing Air Crew Reports and Summarys

• List of 344th BG Aircraft with Links to Images  update (2/18/15)

• 495th Roster During Frank Carrozza’s Tour (beginning 6/45)

 

Recently Added Information and Links

 

NEW

 

• MACRs Missing Air Crew Reports and Summarys

• 1st Lt. Lewis Ezell Lanford

• Medals and Awards

• Final Flight: Lt. Harold V. Aiken

• A Visit To Dachau by Bob Monson 494th BS

• Co-Pilot Woody Smith 496th Timeline

• March 28, 1945 Collision Over A-59

• Lt. Col. Robert Witty with Major Jewell C. Maxwell

• Original Occupants of Hut #10 Stansted

• POWs Scott, Tharp, Leone, Murphy, Williams

• 1st Lt. Ralph N. Leone

• Sgt. Frank M. Dymnicki

• Lt. Fritz Morrison 344th BG 497th BS(12/22/16)

• Santo Endrizzi: Receives Legion of Honor Medal

• Update John J. Beddingfield (links and after war info)

• Vintage- Milk Run June 2015

• Vintage- Milk Run Dec 2014

• Vintage- Milk Run June 2014

• Vintage- Milk Run Dec 2012

• Vintage- Milk Run Dec 2013

• Vintage- Milk Run Jan 2008

• Vintage- Milk Run May 2007

• Vintage Milk Run June 2006

• Vintage Milk Run Oct 2006

• Vintage Milk Run Dec 2006

• Vintage- Milk Run Oct 2005

• Vintage  Milk Run May 2005

• Vintage  Milk Run Dec 2004

• Vintage- Milk Run Oct 2004

• Vintage  Milk Run July 2004

• Vintage- Milk Run April 2004

• Vintage- Milk Run July 2003

• Vintage- Milk Run May 2003

• Vintage- Milk Run Jan 2003

• Vintage- Milk Run Oct 2002

• Vintage- Milk Run July 2002

• Vintage- Milk Run Dec 1997

• Milk Run 344th Newsletter (12/28/16)

 

News and Information

 

• A Visit To Dachau by Bob Monson 494th BS

• Milk Run: Official Newsletter 344th Bomb Group ( more issues to be added)

• Milk Run 344th Newsletter December 2013 (1/30/17)

• Milk Run 344th Newsletter December 2016 (12/28/16)

• Milk Run 344th June 2016 Newsletter W/Reunion Sign-UP (6/19/16)

• Milk Run: Official Newsletter 344th Bomb Group Dec. 2015 ed. (1/14/16)

• 344th Reunion-2013/(new 10/10/13)

• 2014 New Orleans Reunion 344th BG 495th BS

• Thank You to 344th BG Reunion Attendees (10/7/15)

• 2016 344th Bomb Group Reunion (9/22/16)

• 344th Bomb Group Missions on an interactive map (11/24/15)

• Shopworn Angel and Other B-26 Paper Models You Can Make (8/28/16)

• Shopworn Angel Artwork: Support Honor Flights  (4/9/16)

• “Gunnery Sense”  Training Publication (4/20/15)

• 1st Pathfinder Squadron (1/1/16)

• Battle For Arnhem Bridge Oct 7, 1944 (12/21/15)

• WWII Leather Squadron/Group Patches (8/23/15)

• 344th BG KIA MIA (Courtesy of Milk Run 344th BG) (8/15/15)

• B-26 Marauder Interior Pictures (7/26/14)

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• Original Occupants of Hut #10 Stansted (1/19/17)

• Lt. Harold V. Aiken (Frank Carrozza’s 1st Co-Pilot) Memoirs/Missions & More 495th BS(new 3/1/13)

• Final Flight: Lt. Harold V. Aiken

• J.R. Ashberry, Pilot 344th BG 494th BS (12/27/15)

• My Life in the service: John J Beddingfield Jr. Engineer/Gunner 496th BS(5/30/14)

• Update on Carrozza crewmate Lt. Carlson, Bomb/Nav  495th BS(1/15/14)

• Pictures and Documents on crewmate Lt. Carlson (1/28/14)

• Willie Cone, Bomb/Nav 494th BS

• 1st Lt. Robert D. Conrad, Pilot 344th BG 494th BS (11/3/15)

• Captain Lucius D. Clay, Jr., Pilot Group Commander (3/27/15)

• George W. Crittenden, Bombardier 495th (4/16/15)

• Read an exclusive first hand description of experimental night bombing missions from bombardier George Crittenden.

• Sgt. Joe Crossan, Eng/Gun 494th BS (6/18/16)

• William E. Davis, Eng/Gun 495th BS Pictures of  bomber jacket (6/23/14)

• Sgt. Edward W. Dollahan, Engineer/Gunner 495th BS (4/4/16)

• James K. Dumas, Tail Gunner 495th (5/22/14)

• Sgt. Frank M. Dymnicki (1/4/17)

• 1st Lt. George W. Eldridge, Bombardier 344th BG 494th BS (3/20/16)

• War War II Memoirs of Santo Endrizzi (5/21/14)

•  Santo Endrizzi: An Old Friend Ground Crew 495th (new 4/28/13)

• Lt. Richard Farnsworth, Pilot 344th BG Silver Star Winner (8/6/15)

• 1st Lt. Robert S. FitzSimmonds, Pilot 495th (6/15/15)

• James Gatlin, Pilot 391th BG Shot Down on Same Mission as Shopworn Angel (4/29/15)

• Carl E. Griffith, Bomb/Nav 495th BS 1st Crew of Shopworn Angeln on Same Mission as Shopworn Angel

• Susie Griffith Barbaer Locates Shopworn Angel Pictures!

• Lt. Casey Hasey: A letter home (updated 8/01/13)

• Lt. Casey Hasey, Bombardier 495th BS: Book and Interview (new 3/30/13)

• Hasey Casey’s Book on Amazon.com! (new 10/12)

• Info: Edwin L. Hickey, Tailgunner 495th from Shopworn Angel first crew (new 9/24/13)

• Lt. Edward Horn, Co-Pilot 344th BG 497th BS (1/27/16)

• Stansted Airport Celebrates 7oth anniversary with Ed Horn and 344th (new 11/10/13)

• Captain Tom Johnson, Pilot 344th BG 494th BS (4/4/16)

• In Memory: Alf Egil Johanneson

• 2nd Lt. Otto Kirkpatrick, Navigator 344th BG 494th BS and 11 Pathfinder Squadron(1/1/16)

• Sargeant John Kolthoff Bombardier 495th BS (12/31/14)

• Mission Log Summary: Sargeant John Kolthoff Bombardier (12/31/14)

• Mission Log: Sargeant John Kolthoff Bombardier (12/31/14)

• Lt. Don (Corky) Korkowski, Pilot 344th BG 494th BS (3/22/16)

• 1st Lt. Lewis Ezell Lanford

• 1st Lt. Ralph N. Leone(1/14/17)

• Edward C McCarter, Tailgunner/Armor 495th BS remembered by Dutch friends (Sexy Sal II) (5/3/15)

• Lt. Donald Moomaw, Pilot 495th BS (6/12/16)

• New Photo of Shopworn Angel from Donald Moomaw

• Don Moomaw locates a picture of a Shopworn Angel crewman.

• Final Flight: The Passing of Don Moomaw (10/7/15)

• 1st Lt. Moore, Pilot of Nick’s Chick 495th BS (new 9/19/13)

• Updates and Additions Lt. Moore and Nick’s Chick (new 9/19/13)

• Lt. Fritz Morrison 344th BG 497th BS(12/22/16)

• Einar Nielsen, Radio/Gunner 495th BS (3/19/15)

• Jens A. Norgaard, Pilot 495th BS (1/18/15)

• Experiences of Norman D. Polk (1/18/15)

• Sergeant Norman D. Polk, Radio/Gun (1/18/15)

• Lt. Joseph W. Scott, Pilot 497th BS Let-Hal Lady (12/13/14

• POWs Scott, Tharp, Leone, Murphy, Williams (1/19/17)

• 1st Lt. Leigh Slates, Pilot Transferred 497th BS Plane and the Me262 (4/7/16)

• Co-Pilot Woody Smith 496th Timeline

• 1st Lt. Michael Sopronyi, Navigator 494th BS (7/2/16)

• S/Sgt Irving Sugarman, Radio/Gunner 494th BS Memorabilia (6/24/15)

• S/Sgt. Cornelius Vander Lugt: Shopworn Angel Tailgunner 495th BS  (4/15/14)

• Marcel van der Lugt Makes Shopworn Angel Jacket (6/8/15)

•  Lt. Harold A. Walton, Co-Pilot 344th BG 497 BS (11/24/15)

• 2nd Lt. Robert L. Westholm, Bombardier/Nav 344th BG 494th BS (3/21/16)

• 2nd Lt. Buck Wilson Co-Pilot and Y5-H 495th BS(8/24/15)

• Lt. Col. Robert Witty with Major Jewell C. Maxwell (1/19/17)

• Lt. Col. Robert Witty (1/19/17)

• Captain Woodrum, Pilot 495th: Newly added pictures (updated 8/29/13)

• Captain Woodrum, MACR of Crash of Y5-T, 42-107608

• Read an Excerpt of “Walkout” a book by Hank Woodrum, the First Pilot of the Shopworn Angel

• “Walkout” Woodrum’s book is now available!

• Hank Woodrum Jr and family reunite with father’s rescuers

• 2nd Lt. Harry Zeust, Bomb. 495th A Bittersweet Valentines Story

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About The Planes

 

• History of the Shopworn Angel, Y5-J, 42-95917

• What Happened to the Planes of the 344th BG? (12/27/14)

• Silver Streaks Nose Art

• German Crash Report of the Shopworn Angel translated (8/12/14)

• The Wizard of Koz (12/20/15)

• Margatan Cemetary/Memorial, Netherlands: Fields of Honor Database (4/29/14)

• List of 344th BG Aircraft with Links to Images  (3/26/14)

• The Silver Streaks Compiled Information

• Jimmy Doolittle Saves the B-26 (10/08/16)

• Airplane Spotter & Icelandic Playing Cards  (3/22/14)

• Complete Story of the Bombing Mission to the Engers RR Bridge (3/10/14)

• What if I’m Captured (Frank’s survival items) (2/3/14)

• Summary: third and Final Crew of the Shopworn Angel (1/16/14)

• B-26 Christmas (12/25/13)

• Final Flights of the 344th (11/30/13)

• 344th Bomb Group 495th Bomb Squadron Summary (11/30/13)

• Norden Bombsite: Dropping Bombs in a Barrel.

• A Book Based on 344th Bomb Squadron and John Myers (new 10/3/13)

• “Time Over Targets” Bkt Given to Frank Carrozza (new 1/17/13)

• “Gunnery Sense” Bkt Given to Frank Carrozza (new 1/13)

• History Channel B-26 Documentary (new 11/12)

• Build A B-26 from paper! (new 10/12)

• Honor Flight Video

• “A Higher Call” A Book I Highly Recommend (new 5/18/13)

• A Visit to the Empire State Aerosciences Museum (new 10/12)

• Memorial Day Notes

• The Crash of the Shopworn Angel

• (1/12 ) Link to a German Data Base with Shopworn Angel Info

• Some newly scanned photos of Frank Carrozza

• On his 89th birthday a video of fortresses and Glen Miller

• Long lost video of B-29 rescue found (thanks to Alf Johannessen of the link)

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  T/Sgt. Frank P. Carrozza (webmaster’s father).

• Medals and Awards

• Frank Carrozza’s Dog Tags: What Information Do They Include?

• Letters to Frank Carrozza From His Father (new 9/2/13)

• Dad’s Wartime Prayer Book (4/2/15)

• Frank and Lucy Answer Student Questions About the War (4/2/15)

• Frank Carrozza Awarded the Jubilee of Liberty Medal

• Video of the Jubilee of Liberty Award Ceremony

• 66th Anniversary of D-Day. Frank Carrozza remembers.

• 67th Anniversary of D-Day. Frank Carrozza remembers.

• Frank Carrozza 70th Anniversary of D-Day Participation (5/6/14)

• Memorabilia and Awards Frank P. Carrozza (2/2/14)

• Frank Carrozza’s Honor Flight

• Final Flight: Frank P. Carrozza

• Geocities Archive

• Outline and overview.

• 2016 Reunion Outline and Overview.

I would like to thank BJ FitzGerald for providing the stylistic formatting this webpage, and
Evan Shelhamer of Imaginary Number for converting the site to WordPress. 

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