Nick E Garza

Military

21 December 1943 in B-24 #42-72878 ÒMiss Emmy Lou IIÓ while on a combat training mission, all 4 engines cut out. Made a forced landing at RichardÕs Farm, Bradenham. 4 suffered major injuries. 12 RTD. Richard Butler crew.

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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
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-72878

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Miss Emmy Lou II
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000 & Page 274 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co, 1998 edition, Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol. I, pp. 431-2