42-7523 Billie Babe
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UPL 22926
Ernest H Hutton,
Army Air Services Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 445th Bomb Group
Shot down 2 February 1944 in B-24 42-7523 'Billy Babe. ' Killed in Action (KIA). AM/ PH 445th Bomb Group collection
Army Air Services Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 445th Bomb Group
Shot down 2 February 1944 in B-24 42-7523 'Billy Babe. ' Killed in Action (KIA). AM/ PH 445th Bomb Group collection
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The aircraft was on a mission from Tibenham, England (Station 124) to Siracourt, France to bomb a German V-1 launch site (445th BG Mission 16). Enroute to the target the aircraft crashed in the North Sea. No cause could be determined. There were no witnesses to the loss & there was no distress call from the aircraft. MACR 2509.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14182361
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13152993
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37442329
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34496322
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 2 February 1944 |