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Photo of Charles L. "Chuck" Walker's original crew in front of their B-24 Liberator "Bunnie". Back row left to right: Fred Fenske (co-pilot), Eugene Buszta (waist gunner), John Demshock (flight engineer), "Chuck" Walker (pilot), Marion Mechling (bombardier). Centre: John Schmidlin (tail gunner). Front row left to right: Floyd Bradley (navigator), Mervin Such (ball turret gunner), Russell Altman (radio operator). Missing from photo: Earnest Fletcher (waist gunner). The aircraft behind them named Bunnie, a B-24H-1 FO, tail number 42-7619, was an original aircraft and flew 103 missions before crashing on takeoff 24 Feb 45.

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Units

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

Russell C Altmann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12122507
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

Floyd Henry Bradley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-717329
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Eugene J Buszta

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36593546
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

John J Demshock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33737742
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer

Fred C Fenske

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-768049
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-7619

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bunnie
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron 702nd Bomb Squadron

Locations

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

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NARA records of the 445th Unit Historian

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