Martin P Bulger Jr

Military
media-17113.jpeg UPL 17113 B-24 #42-64438
MACR# 16098

A. L. DESTRO II

Object Number - UPL 17113 - B-24 #42-64438 MACR# 16098

Killed in Action (KIA) 22 December 1943. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #427555, 'Lizzie,' on the mission to Osnabruck. Killed in Action (KIA). Under heavy attack from fighters, after bombs away, a 20mm shell went into the nose of the bomber. Fire broke out in the cockpit and more damage was done. A rocket went through both rudders. Once the crippled bomber was over water, the decision was made to jettison everything that would come loose.



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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

People

George Joseph Clark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-806622
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Walter Derdzenski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12200169
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

George H Entzminger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37233780
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: ~ Radio Operator

Francis H Folkner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33361283
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Aerial Gunner

James V King

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 33552460
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-64438) nicknamed "The Ramblin' Reck" of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via 100th Bomb Group Association.

42-64438

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ramblin Wreck
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

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

Events

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Died

Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands 22 December 1943 Bolsward, Netherlands

Born

Michigan

Buried

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Birsic, ABMC, MICROFILM, 2AD Roll of Honor, experience from Arthur Banks entry / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Martin P Bulger: Gallery (7 items)

Object number: UPL 17113 - B-24 #42-64438 MACR# 16098

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