8th Air Force
Command
41-28711
B-24 Liberator
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B-24H 41-28711 'Little Sheppard' Standing (L-R): Sgt Raymond G. Ginojna, Sgt Benjamin Z. Means - Waist Gunner, Sgt Norbert F. Duginski, Sgt Gerald E. Carroll, Sgt Walter D Garland, Sgt Bill J. McCullah. Kneeling (L-R): 2nd Lt Alfred E. Cannon - Navigator, 2nd Lt John J. Schneider - Co-Pilot, 2nd Lt Paul R. Helander - Pilot, 2nd Lt Henry M. Snyder - Bombardier.
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B-24 41-28711 'Little Sheppard' 712BS, 448BG, 8AF. Interned at Dubendorf, Switzerland 21-Jul-44.
Assigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Stalled out into a spin due to ice build up over English channel on mission to Brux, Czechoslovakia, navigator baled out before control was regained, 21-Apr-44. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Allach, Germany. Damaged by flak and enemy fighters, landed in Dubendorf, Switzerland on 21-Jul-44. 10 x Interned (INT). MACR 4343/7251.
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... -
712th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Thomas Abbott
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner, Armorer | 448th Bomb Group
Completed 30 missions DFC, Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters -
Roland Alling
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
INT Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 7/21/44 in B-24 Little Shepard #4128711 -
Seymour Ausfresser
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 448th Bomb Group
Assigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. B-24H 41-28711 Stalled out into a spin due to ice build up over English channel on mission to Brux, Czechoslovakia, baled out before control was regained, 21-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4343. ... -
James Beaver
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 448th Bomb Group
INT Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 7/21/44 in B-24 Little Shepard #4128711 -
Raymond Boll
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Co-Pilot | 448th Bomb Group
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Joseph Bushek
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
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Jay Dempsey
Military | Sergeant | Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
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Frank Fatico
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 448th Bomb Group
INT Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 7/21/44 in B-24 Little Shepard #4128711 -
Walter Garland
Military | Sergeant | Nose Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
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John Garrity
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
INT Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 7/21/44 in B-24 Little Shepard #4128711
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 – 21 July 1944 |
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Assigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Stalled into Spin / recovered | English Channel | 21 April 1944 |
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Stalled out into a spin due to ice build up over English channel, navigator baled out before control was regained, 21-Apr-44. |
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| Combat damaged (INT) | Dübendorf, Switzerland | 21 July 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Allach, Germany. Damaged by flak and enemy fighters, landed in Dubendorf, Switzerland on 21-Jul-44. 10 x Interned (INT). MACR 4343/7251. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 16 August 2016 14:56:02 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28711&Submit6=Go |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:05 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 7251 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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