Jack Lester Bogusch

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down flak and crashed near Tubbergen, Holland on a mision to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-24H 41-29286. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-29286

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 6 March 1944

Born

Jersey City , New York, USA

Buried

Texas, USA

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 3346, ;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces ;
- Page 273 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 3346 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database