Dewey L Belk

Military

INT. Ran out of fuel and landed in Switzerland on 7/12/44 in B-24 'Bombs Away' 42-95096.

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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

42-95096

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Monroe, South Carolina

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 6928 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6928 & Page 273 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010