Herbert H Loebs
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 1517 - A crumpled engine from a crashed B-24 Liberator of the 389th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(BAD-2-4-6ISC)(2-10-44)(A/C No...
Crashed shortly after takeoff believed due to severe icing conditions on a mission to Gilze-Rijen airfield, Holland in B-24J #42-100046 'Patsy Ann'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Patsy Ann
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![The wreck of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100046) of the 389th Bomb Group, 2 October 1944. Official caption on image: "(GAD-2-7-61SC)(2-10-44)(A/C No. 2100046 - B-24)." Handwritten on reverse: '389BG. Taverham.' On reverse: John H. Woolnough [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-414027.jpg.webp?itok=dBtsEDls)
- Date: 10 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, California, United States | 4 January 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Died |
near Taverham, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom | 10 February 1944 | On board B-24 #42-100046 - Killed in the plane’s explosion shortly after take off from Hethel |
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Born |
New Mexico, United States | ||
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Buried |
Herbert Loebs rests at Plot C Row 0 Grave 35 | ||
| Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, California, United States |
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Sources
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 226, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia