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) mission to Manheim, combat damaged 25-Apr-44. Landed in Switzerland. Destroyed by crew on landing. 10 x Interned. 10 x RTD. MACR 4364/15161.
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 Bomb Group was a B-24 Liberator Group that flew out of Seething, Norfolk. The Group flew their first mission on the 22nd December 1943 and over the next eighteen months the air crews flew 262 missions over occupied Europe. These bombing...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128602 'Commando. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128602 'Commando. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128602 'Commando. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128602 'Commando. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128602 'Commando. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 448th Bomb Group
Flew 24 missions. Shot down twice within 3 days. Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128602 'Commando. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned. [Description of experiences on database form. ]
ETO/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128602 'Commando. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128602 'Commando. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128602 'Commando. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #4128602 'Commando. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
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 at Douglas. |
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Delivered | Oklahoma, USA | 1943 |
Delivered to USAAF. |
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Assigned | Seething, Norwich NR15, UK | 1943 |
Assigned to 713BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Failed to Return (FTR) | Payerne, Switzerland | 25 April 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Manheim, combat damaged 25-Apr-44. Landed in Switzerland. 10 x Interned. 10 x RTD. MACR 4364/15161. |
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Destroyed | Payerne, Switzerland | 25 April 1944 |
Destroyed by crew on landing. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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08 August 2016 19:42:54 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28602&Submit6=Go |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:40:04 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 2442 / MACR 4364 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |