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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41-28609
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to marshalling yards at Osnabruck hit by OberstLeutnant Peter Jenne JG 26/I killing Sgt Richard B Leing in the tail turret. Subsequently exploded in mid air. 2 x POW, 8 x KIA. MACR 2422.
Service
Units
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448th Bomb Group
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... -
714th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Carl Anderson
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 41-28609. Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: PH. -
James Hicks
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 41-28609. Prisoner of War (POW). Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Charles Hill
Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4128609. Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: PH. -
Edward Hughey
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4128609. Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: PH. -
Edwin Jacobsen
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 41-28609. Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: PH. -
John Keim
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 41-28609. Prisoner of War (POW). Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Curtis Koon
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4128609. Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: PH. -
Richard Laing
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 41-28609. Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: PH. -
Homer Risner
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 41-28609. Killed in Action (KIA). This was his first mission. Awards: AM, PH. -
Sumner Stevens
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 41-28609. Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: PH.
Places
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Seething
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...
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 | Seething, Norwich NR15, UK | 1943 – 22 December 1943 |
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Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | North Sea | 22 December 1943 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) mission to marshalling yards at Osnabruck hit by OberstLeutnant Peter Jenne JG 26/I killing Sgt Richard B Leing in the tail turret. Subsequently exploded in mid air. 2 x POW, 8 x KIA. MACR 2422. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 August 2016 20:36:00 | Al_Skiff | Changes to description and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28600853 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 August 2016 20:29:06 | Al_Skiff | Changes to description and events |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28609 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 August 2016 20:20:06 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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MACR 2442. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:04 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 15161 / MACR 2442 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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