41-28678

media-414396.jpg FRE 8381 A B-24H Liberator (J3-M, serial number 41-28678) of the 755th Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group lands at Horsham St. Faith , March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24H of 458th Bomb Group landing at Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk in late March 1944. 6 Foot Dix.' Second handwritten on reverse: '458 B.G., 8th Air Force.' Printed caption on reverse: '81779 AC - Consolidated B-24 of 458th Bomb Group arrives at air base somewhere in England after completing 200th mission, 1944. U.S. Air Force Photo.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 8381 - A B-24H Liberator (J3-M, serial number 41-28678) of the 755th Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group lands at Horsham St. Faith , March 1944. Handwritten...

Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) - Aircraft was lost due to mechanical failure on 22-Mar-44 mission to bomb the BMW engine factory at Basdorf outside Berlin,Germany. Eight of the crew became POW's and one was killed because he didn't have the right type of harness for his parachute and went down with the plane. MACR 3555.

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Units served with

458th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

755th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Leonard W Blednick

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-1011890
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Ralph Edgar Bonner

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39901872
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Flight engineer

Rex L Brudos

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17031412 / O-72528
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Grant G Conant

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11069675 / O-688723
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Herschel Austin Dailey

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15324254
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Top turret gunner

Places

Horsham St Faith

Site type: Airfield

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

8th Air Force 250

Date: 6 March 1944

8th Air Force 248

Date: 5 March 1944

8th Air Force 246

Date: 3 March 1944

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR)	Hanover, Germany	22 January 1944 - 22 March 1944	Aircraft was lost due to mechanical failure on 22-Mar-44 mission to bomb the BMW engine factory at Basdorf outside Berlin,Germany. Eight of the crew became POW's and one was killed because he didn't have the right type of harness for his parachute and went down with the plane. MACR 3555.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Hanover, Germany

22 January 1944 - 22 March 1944

Aircraft was lost due to mechanical failure on 22-Mar-44 mission to bomb the BMW engine factory at Basdorf outside Berlin,Germany. Eight of the crew became POW's and one was killed because he didn't have the right type of harness for his parachute and went down with the plane. MACR 3555.