42-95007 Scarsace

Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Hannover mission 11-Sep-44 with Ed Murff crew. 2 x crew baled out. 1 x POW, 1 x KIA, 7 x RTD (of which 1 x WIA) MACR 9737



Failed to Return (FTR) Hannover with James Wynn crew 26-Nov-44; shot down by fighters near Deckbergen. 1 x POW, 9 x KIA MACR 11159

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

People

Lawrence H Carmichael

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35898770
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Dewey Anderson Deweber

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38436457
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Joseph Di Filippo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32952888
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Norman Henry Disney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32269367
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

David Joseph Dougherty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12129195 / O-687745
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR) [initially posted as]

UK 11 September 1944 Hannover mission 11-Sep-44 with Ed Murff crew. 2 x crew baled out. 1 x POW, 1 x KIA, 7 x RTD (of which 1 x WIA) MACR 9737

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Vicinity Deckbergen, Germany 26 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Hannover with James Wynn crew 26-Nov-44; shot down by fighters near Deckbergen. 1 x POW, 9 x KIA MACR 11159

Assigned

Metfield, UK Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

Manufactured

Willow Run, Ypsilanti, MI Built by Ford.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/30642746

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 10767 / MACR 11159 / MACR 9427 / MACR 9737 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database