Bernard Daniel Creedon

Military
media-5489.png UPL 5489 A bomber crew of the 44th Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7507) nicknamed "Heaven Can Wait".

Handwritten on image: 'Back Row: Sam Bowman III (P), James Rossman (CP), Art Young (N), Charles Gordon (B). Front Row: Kenneth Dropek (Flt Engineer), Thomas Gorrey (Gunner), Bernard Greeden (Radio), Patrick Commisa (Ball Turret), Donald Ennis (Tail Gunner), Michael Tarzia (Gunner), HEAVEN CAN WAIT.'

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Object Number - UPL 5489 - A bomber crew of the 44th Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7507) nicknamed "Heaven Can Wait". Handwritten on image: 'Back...

Joined Sqd 2/11/44. On the return from a mission to ST Pol/Siracourt, FR on 12 Mar 1944, AC #42-7507 'Heaven Can Wait', crashed landed at RAF Friston, Sussex and burned. RTD. Completed tour 5/30/44. DS/1287 Military Police Company 6/13/44. Trans/492 BG 6/20/44. Pilot: Bowman.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Samuel Henry Bowman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742276
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-7507

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Heaven Can Wait
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pittsburgh, PA 30 May 1924

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, PA 23 November 1942

Other

44th BG Combat Tour

Shipdham Airfield, UK 11 February 1944 - 30 May 1944

Died

Pittsburgh, PA 15 January 2011

Buried

Pittsburgh, PA 18 January 2011 Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Pittsburgh, PA 1129 Rush Street

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added connections to pilot and 492nd BG base

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https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44033_03_0…
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=759895
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/314318925:7545?indiv=…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153765382/bernard-creedon

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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Object number: UPL 5489 - A bomber crew of the 44th Bomb Group with their B...