Martin P Bulger Jr
Military
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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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-679101
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Air Division 2nd Combat Bomb Wing 445th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-685748
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33382794
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 16076352
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands | 22 December 1943 | Bolsward, Netherlands |
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Born |
Michigan | ||
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Revisions
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