Elworth B McAnally

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-36791.png UPL 36791 Crew of B-24H 42-50334 "Blackjack"
702nd Bombardment Squadron
445th Bombardment Group

Date unknown, but prior to loss in action 11 July 1944.
"Billy" is TSGT Elworth Billy McAnally, top turret gunner.

Image sourced from Individual Deceased Personnel File of TSGT Elworth B. McAnally.

Object Number - UPL 36791 - Crew of B-24H 42-50334 "Blackjack" 702nd Bombardment Squadron 445th Bombardment Group Date unknown, but prior to loss in action 11 July...

Killed in Action (KIA) 11 July 1944 in B-24 #4250334



DFC/ AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-50334

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Black Jack
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

11 July 1944

Born

Texas

Buried

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Sources

Birsic, ABMC, MACR 6942, 2AD Roll of Honor, History of the 445th Bomb Group by Rudolph Birsic / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 36791 - Crew of B-24H 42-50334 "Blackjack" 702nd...