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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41-28589
B-24 Liberator
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Cecil J. Middleton
Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Bremen, A/C severely hit by flak crew baled out 20-Dec-43. 10 x POW. MACR 1972.
Service
Units
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389th Bomb Group
Group
The 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943... -
566th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Constituted 566th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 Dec. 1942. Activated on 24 Dec. 1942. Inactivated on 13 Sept. 1945. Campaigns: Air Offensive, Europe; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air...
People
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Hughes Brewer
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4128589. Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Norman Casey
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4128589. Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
James Cromer
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4128589. Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Dan Gardner
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4128589. Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Mallie Harper
Military | Technical Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4128589 named 'Old Ironsides' Prisoner of War (POW). POW at Krems, Austria 1/2 credit -
Bedford King
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Bedford B King served as a ball turret gunner with the 389th Bomb Group out of Hethel. He was shot down on 20 December 1943 in B-24 41-28589. He was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW). -
Rutledge Laurens
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4128589. Prisoner of War (POW). -
John McClellan
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4128589. Prisoner of War (POW). -
John McGlellan
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 389th Bomb Group
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Cecil Middleton
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4128589. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Places
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Hethel
Military site : airfield
Construction of Hethel airfield began in 1941, and was finished in late 1942. The number of hardstandings was increased from the planned 36 to 50 in 1942, in order to accommodate a full heavy bomb group. The 320th Bomb Group occupied the base for ten...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Tulsa, OK, USA | 1943 |
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Built at Douglas. |
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| Delivered | Oklahoma, USA | 1943 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Hethel, Norwich NR14, UK | 1943 |
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Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | Aurich, Germany | 20 December 1943 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Bremen, A/C severely hit by flak crew baled out 20-Dec-43. 10 x POW. MACR 1972. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 August 2016 10:01:19 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=1972&Submit=Go |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:04 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
MACR 1972 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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