8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 713BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hit by flak 25-Apr-44. Landed in Switzerland. 9 x Interned. MACR 4300.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 448th Bombardment Group was organized on 6 April 1943 and activated on 1 May 1943 at Gowen Field, near Boise, Idaho. The initial training of the air crews took place in Florida. The entire group was assembled Wendover Field, Utah. Both air and...
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128583 'Rum Runner. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 448th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128583 'Rum Runner. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128583 'Rum Runner. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128583 'Rum Runner. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Earlier 8 December 1943 AC B-24H#42-52135 crash landed at Wick, South Wales on ferry flight from Morroco. 14 RTD.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128583 'Rum Runner. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #41-28583 'Rum Runner'. Landed in Switzerland. Interned (INT).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128583 'Rum Runner. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner, First Engineer | 448th Bomb Group
Military site : airfield
Built during 1942-43 as an Eighth Air Force bomber base, Seething had three concrete runways, 51 hardstandings of both loop and 'frying-pan’ types, and two T2 hangars, one on each side of the airfield. It was home to the 448th Bomb Group, equipped with...
Event | Location | Date |
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Manufactured | Tulsa, OK, USA | 1943 |
Built by Douglas. |
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Delivered | Oklahoma, USA | 1943 |
Delivered to USAAF. |
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Assigned | Seething, Norwich NR15, UK | 1944 |
Assigned to 713BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Failed to Return (FTR) | Switzerland | 25 April 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) Hit by flak 25-Apr-44. Landed in Switzerland. 9 x Interned. MACR 4300. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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07 August 2016 21:13:55 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=4300 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
18 May 2015 02:27:42 | scooter6793 | Changes to nicknames |
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Update |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:40:04 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 4300 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |