42-40006 Liberty Lady

media-5628.jpeg UPL 5628 Officers of the original Charles W. Smith crew: Charles W. Smith, Merle P. Brown, Charles L. Stevenson, Herman F. Allen

Herman F. Allen's wartime scrapbook, per daughter Pat DiGeorge

Object Number - UPL 5628 - Officers of the original Charles W. Smith crew: Charles W. Smith, Merle P. Brown, Charles L. Stevenson, Herman F. Allen

Delivered Long Beach 1/11/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-H] Thurleigh 18/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Chas Smith, Co-pilot: Merle Brown, Navigator: Stan Buck, Bombardier: Herman Allen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Heuser, Radio Operator: Vic Marcotte, Ball turret gunner: Tom Stillson, Waist gunner: Joe Paul, Waist gunner: Don Courson, Tail gunner: R.B. Trumble (10 INT); flak KO’d two engines, & set on fire by crew after crash landing Hemse, on Gotland Island, Sweden; eventually some parts were used as spares for others; Missing Air Crew Report 2735. LIBERTY LADY.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-682268
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 6 March 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Contributorphil marchese
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Marchese; FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945, camouflage finish changeover points.

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ContributorPatDiGeorge
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from the wartime journals of Herman Allen

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2735 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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