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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41-28763
B-24 Liberator
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B-24H 41-28763 Lost 1 Apr 44 While Leading the 448th BG.
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. PFF A/C Leading 389BG. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras. 1-Apr-44. 3 x EVD, 8 x POW, 1 x KIA. MACR 3596.
Service
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389th Bomb Group
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... -
564th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Richard Brady
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras 1-Apr-44 POW. MACR 3596. Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Simon Cohen
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 712BS, 488BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras, France 1-Apr-44 evaded capture EVD. MACR 3596. Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Charlie Dugosh
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer / Ball Turret Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 712BS, 488BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. On 5-Jan-44 B-24H 42-64451. Upon landing in poor visibility and ice on runway, A/C ran off runway and crashed. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim in B-24 41-28763,... -
John Dutka
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras, France 1-Apr-44 evaded capture EVD. MACR 3596. Awards: AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Jesse Hamby
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras, France 1-Apr-44 evaded capture EVD. MACR 3596. Awards: WWII Victory, EAME. -
Minor Morgan
Military | Captain | Tail Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras 1-Apr-44 POW. MACR 3596. Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Jack Porter
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 712BS, 448thBG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed just outside Ransart, France 1-Apr-44 POW. MACR 3596. ... -
Edmund Rudnicki
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras 1-Apr-44 POW. MACR 3596. Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Alan Teague
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras 1-Apr-44 POW. MACR 3596. Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
James Thompson
Military | Colonel | Commanding Officer 448th BG | 448th Bomb Group
Commanding Officer of the 448th Bomb Group at Seething from May 1943 to April 1944. Declared Killed in Action (KIA) on 1st April 1944. Parachute failed to open from lead PFF aircraft 41-28763. Story detailed pp. 79-80 in 'Liberators Over Germany'.
Places
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Hethel
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...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | San Diego, CA, USA | 1943 |
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Built at Douglas. |
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| Delivered | California, USA | 1943 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Hethel, Norwich NR14, UK | 1943 – 1 April 1944 |
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Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Arras, France | 1 April 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras. 1-Apr-44. 3 x EVD, 8 x POW, 1 KIA. MACR 3596. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 21 November 2020 22:49:44 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames |
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Removed "763" from the nickname field. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 21 August 2016 18:30:39 | Al_Skiff | Changes to description and events |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28763 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 21 August 2016 14:18:28 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28763 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:05 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 3596 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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