Herbert S Gold
Military
Image taken during visit to Duxford, 14 November 2014
Object Number - UPL 6784 - Herbert S Gold of the 446th Bomb Group with the B-24 Liberator "Dugan" in the American Air Museum at Duxford
Shot down on 30th mission over Hamm, Germany, 26 September 1944, 1437 hrs. Kept a diary of our forced death march, 6 Feb 1945, Stalag Luft IV. Marched clear across Germany, 87 days, approximately 680 kilometers in the worst winter in years. Liberated on 2 May 1945, by British troops, between Hanover & Hamburg. Flew with John Mollery's crew. Plane was B-24 'Temptation' #42-50477.
An interview with Herbert Gold can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgW30LqAQBU
On 2 March 2015 he was featured on a BBC programme for the Eastern region of the UK called 'Inside Out', covering the first time he had returned to his former base at Bungay (Flixton) in Suffolk since the war.
Connections
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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
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
26 September 1944 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9432 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self /MACR 9432
