Kenneth G Laux

Military

media-47014.jpeg UPL 47014 Jim Munsey crew 453BG

Newspaper clipping

Object Number - UPL 47014 - Jim Munsey crew 453BG

Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-24 #4264490 'Cee Gee II. ' Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.

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Units served with

453rd Bomb Group

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

Airmen of the 458th Bomb Group gather outside a hangar after a mission. Image via Lieutenant Vincent Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Intill smoke cigars, 753rd Hangar & operations. Kania W/O cap, Cullet W/ Cap, Vincent with cigar.'

735th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-64490

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Cee gee ii
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Old Buckenham airfield looking east, the bomb dump is upper left, the technical site and sick quarters are below the airfield, 9 November 1943. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC73. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Belding, Michigan, USA
Other Returned (RTD)	Germany	22 April 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Belding, Michigan, USA

Other

Returned (RTD)

Germany

22 April 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:52

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4781 / MACR 4781; In Search of Peace, pg 126-130 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 47014 - Jim Munsey crew 453BG