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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41-28611
B-24 Liberator
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Crew 16, 712th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. Standing (L-R): 2nd Lt. Naseeb Tweel-Navigator, 2nd Lt. Earle P. Durley Jr.-Pilot, 2nd Lt. Lester Bise-Bombardier Kneeling (L-R) S/Sgt. John Stemmerman-Waist Gunner, Unknown, S/Sgt. Billy Espich-Tail Gunner, Unknown, T/Sgt. Clarence H. Stark-First Engineer-Top Turret Gunner, Unknown.
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Technical Sergeant, Clarence Henry Stark Army Air Corps
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Clarence Henry Stark, Technical Segeant, Army Air Force Image from personal archives of Ive Mae Stark
Assigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Brandenburg, Germany. Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered 9-Mar-44, crashed Nth of Arendonk, Belgium. 1 x RTD, 9 x POW. MACR 3339.
Service
Units
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448th Bomb Group
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... -
712th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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James Brown
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24H #4-128611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N or Arendonk, Belgium. Evaded. -
Gerald Cramer
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 448th Bomb Group
Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24H #4-128611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N or Arendonk, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Earle Durley
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 448th Bomb Group
While on an operational mission to Cherbourg, FR on 21 Jan 1944 in B-24H #41-29208 a target marker went off in the a/c forcing four gunners to bale out. RTD. -
Samuel Hamm
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24H #4-128611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N or Arendonk, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Robert Herschler
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24H #4-128611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N or Arendonk, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Bernard McManamen
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24H 41-28611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N or Arendonk, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW). -
John Meredith
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 448th Bomb Group
Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24H #4-128611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N or Arendonk, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Everett Musselman
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 448th Bomb Group
Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24H #4-128611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N or Arendonk, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
William Sink
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Assigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24 41-28611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N or Arendonk, Belgium. Evaded (EVD) subsequently Prisoner of War (POW). MACR... -
John Skahan
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 448th Bomb Group
Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24H #4-128611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N or Arendonk, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
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 – 9 March 1944 |
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Assigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | Arendonk, Belgium | 9 March 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Brandenburg, Germany. Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered 9-Mar-44, crashed Nth of Arendonk, Belgium. 1 x RTD. 9 x POW. MACR 3339. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 09 August 2016 16:13:21 | Al_Skiff | Changes to description and events |
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/babyshoes-v1.htm |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 August 2016 15:34:16 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/babyshoes-v1.htm |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:04 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 3339 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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