Perry R Sharp

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media-52497.pdf (300.14 KB) Document 52497 "So Near and Yet so Far Away". An account of the crash site of B-24 42-110071 "T.S." of the 446th Bomb Group, 705th Bomb Squadron, on 21 September 1944

Information supplied by Lindsay Marriott, a local resident of Bredfield.

Object Number - Document 52497 - "So Near and Yet so Far Away". An account of the crash site of B-24 42-110071 "T.S." of the 446th Bomb Group, 705th Bomb Squadron, on 21 September...

Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed on crew's first mission in 'TS' B-24J 42-110071. Hit by flak over Germany. Made it back to England crashing near Bredfield killing entire crew.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-110071

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: T.s.
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron

Missions

644

  • Date: 21 September 1944

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Events

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Killed in action

21 September 1944

Born

Texas

Buried

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Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement p. 308, The History of the 446th BG p. 188-9 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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