742nd Bomb Squadron
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Group
The group was activated July 1943 with four essentially stand-alone bomb squadrons: 740th, 741st, 742nd, and 743rd. After a somewhat nomadic training regimen with dilapidated equipment, the pieces of the group came together at Langley, VA in October...
B-24 Liberator
Aircraft was shot down by enemy fighters over Yugoslavia on a mission to Steyr Austria on 2 April, 1944
Military site : airfield
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04 February 2018 17:43:22 | jeffhudson9 | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank and role |
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