Erwin / Edwin Bevins Jr
Military | First Lieutenant | B-24 Pilot | 445th Bomb Group
B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
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B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
Crashed into the cemetery in Mirns, Friesland, the Netherlands on 22 DEC 1943, killing 7 of the 10 crew.
Story written about the crash in MAR 2015 by Mr. Jaap Halma
http://www.heritageleague.org/brian/54.pdf
11 NOV 2015 Commemoration ceremony photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/b-24_liberator_42-7554/albums
11 NOV 2015 YouTube video of event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVpI3Tf-GWc
Military | First Lieutenant | B-24 Pilot | 445th Bomb Group
B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | B-24 Bombardier | 445th Bomb Group
B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | B-24 ~ Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 445th Bomb Group
- Consolidated B-24H-1-CF Liberator #41-29117 "Lady Marie" of the 445th BG - 702nd BS
- Lost 24 FEB 1944
- MACR #2555
- Crashed near Unterweit on a mission to Gotha, GR.
- 1LT Samuel Massey Ellicott sent to Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 445th Bomb Group
B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | B-24 Asst Engineer & Waist Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | B-24 Tail Turret Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | B-24 Waist Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | B-24 Ball Turret Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | B-24 Radio Operator | 445th Bomb Group
B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
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Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Wing
Group
The 445th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Tibenham, Norfolk. The crews' first mission was bombing U-boat installations at Kiel on 13 December 1943. The Group continued to hit strategic targets in Germany, including the aircraft components factory...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
22 December 1943
This mission is composed of two forces directed at two separate targets, the communication centers at Osnabruck and Munster, Germany. The force attacking at Osnabruck is composed of two elements. The first element is composed of 227 B-17s (2 are PFF...
Military site : airfield
Tibenham was built in 1941-1942 by W and C French Ltd with a standard 2,000 yard main runway, and two other runways both 1,400 feet in length. Accommodation was provided for a full USAAF heavy bomber group in dispersed sites. Personnel of the 320th...
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Born | Dallas, TX, USA | 4 June 1920 |
Died | 8573 Mirns, Netherlands | 22 December 1943 |
US Army Air Corps Pilot John Harold Allen, 1LT died in the plane crash of B-24, #42-7554, nick named; "Tail End Charlie" on 22 DEC 1943. Here is the eye witness report of crash: |
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15 February 2016 18:34:03 | usafdo | Changes to biography |
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15 February 2016 18:20:30 | usafdo | Changes to media associations |
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15 March 2015 21:39:50 | usafdo | Changes to media associations |
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01 March 2015 19:15:06 | usafdo | Changes to person associations |
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15 February 2015 22:10:23 | usafdo | Changes to awards, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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23 December 2014 00:30:28 | usafdo | Changes to service number and mission associations |
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Family & research posted by nephew of the late 2nd LT Anthony L. Destro, Bombardier who was onboard and flying under pilot 1LT John H. Allen, |
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23 December 2014 00:13:14 | usafdo | Changes to biography and events |
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Posted by the nephew of the late fellow aircrew member 2nd LT Anthony L. Destro who was the bombardier on that flight. Source is from a published interview as seen by eye witness of the plane crash. Story written by Mr. Jaap Halma in March 2014. |
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23 December 2014 00:05:18 | usafdo | Changes to middlename and aircraft associations |
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Posted by Anthony L. Destro, II (my uncle, Anthony L. Destro & J.H. Allen were killed in this ACFT while returning from a bombing assignment. |
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27 September 2014 18:16:05 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / History of the 445th Bomb Group by Rudolph Birsic |