Robert N Morin Jr

Military

5th mission over Epinal, France in B-24 #41-28738 'Meat Around the Corner'. Lost two engines. Bailed out in Switzerland 11 May 1944, Interned (INT).



GC/ WW II VM/ EAME/ AM

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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

People

William Percival Nicholson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-28738

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Meat Around the Corner
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sanford, Maine 8 May 1923

Other

Interned (INT)

France 11 May 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4801 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 4801 & Page 279 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010