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 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Bohlen. Hit by flak over target, #4 engine afire, ship dropped out of formation then set upon by 7 x Fw190's. Crew baled out. 13 x POW. MACR 5217.
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 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943...
Squadron
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
30 December 1943 on return from mission to IGF factory at Ludwigshaven. In B1742-64436 "Two Gun Flossie" a/c had accident upon landing.
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-24 4-128715. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-24 #4128715. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-24 #4128715. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-24 #41-28715. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 12-May-44 in B-24 41-28715. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Major | Command Pilot, Pilot, Mission | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-24 #4128715. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-24 #4128715. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-24 #4128715. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-24 #4128715. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-24 #4128715. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military site : airfield
Construction of Hethel airfield began in 1941, and was finished in late 1942. The number of hardstandings was increased from the planned 36 to 50 in 1942, in order to accommodate a full heavy bomb group. The 320th Bomb Group occupied the base for ten...
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 | Hethel, Norwich NR14, UK | 1943 – 12 May 1944 |
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Failed to Return (FTR) | Koblenz, Germany | 12 May 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Bohlen. Hit by flak over target, #4 engine afire, ship dropped out of formation then set upon by 7 x Fw190's. Crew baled out. 13 x POW. MACR 5217. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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16 August 2016 23:05:58 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28715 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:40:05 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 5217 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |