42-94810 Terrible Terry's Terror!

media-56723.jpeg UPL 56723 42-94810, "Terrible Terry's Terror !", IS-J+, 445th Bomb Group, 700th Bomb Squadron. Named in honor of the 445th's first commander, Col. Robert H. Terrill.

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Object Number - UPL 56723 - 42-94810, "Terrible Terry's Terror !", IS-J+, 445th Bomb Group, 700th Bomb Squadron. Named in honor of the 445th's first commander, Col. Robert H....

Assigned to the 700th BS, 445th BG as IS-J+. Flown by the crew of 1st Lt. William F. Hunter on the disastrous Kassel Mission, 27 Sep 44 (445th BG Mission #169). Damaged by enemy fighters it made a forced landing near Willems, France, 12 km east of Lille. The crew survived but were later transferred to the 389th BG where they were lost in March 1945.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Revisions

Date
ContributorUALDC8
Changes
Sources

Heavy Bombers of the Mighty Eighth
Battle Colors - Vol 1
Losses of the US 8th & 9th Air Forces - Vol 4
Mike Simpson's 445th Bomb Group Website
B-24 Best Website

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