Errol A Self

Military

Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. B-24H 41-28673 ran off the runway on landing at Old Buckenham on 23-Mar-44. RTD. Combat damage knocked out engine and caused fuel leak. Ditched in North Sea. 29-Apr-44. Rescued by Royal Navy Launch 498. 29-Apr-1944. Returned to Duty (RTD).



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Missouri, USA 22 March 1916

Other

Crash landed

Old Buckenham, UK 23 March 1944 B-24H 41-28673 ran off the runway on landing at Old Buckenham on 23-Mar-44. RTD.

Other

Ditched

North Sea 29 April 1944 Combat damage knocked out engine and caused fuel leak. Ditched in North Sea. 29-Apr-44. Rescued by Royal Navy Launch 498. 29-Apr-1944. Returned to Duty (RTD).

Died

13 October 2012
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Buried

Goodman, MO 64843, USA Ashes were scattered on his farm in Goodman MO.

Based

Hethel 29 April 1944 Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5473, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces