B-24 Liberator
41-23732 "Liberty Lass"
41-23732 "Liberty Lass" nose art.
S/Sgt Paul Kirken (Air Medal award ceremony Cairo, Egypt, 1943) - Official USAAF photo (cropped from UPL 20477)
S/Sgt Paul F. Logan - Air Medal award ceremony, Cairo, Egypt - 1943.
Group
93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1-March-1942 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15-May-1942 the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida to continue advanced flight training and also to fly anti-submarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico; they...
Squadron
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal w 2/Oak Leaf Clusters (awarded on 10 Apr 43)
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag Luft 3 and moved to Nuremburg 49-11.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag 17B and moved to work camp 48-15.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner / Tail Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Note: Losses and NARA spell last name with an 'e' while MACR uses an 'o'
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass'. Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Prisoner of War (POW) placed in Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. Force-marched to other camps and ended up in Stalag 7A Moosburg, liberated 29 April 1945 by US...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass'. Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay, Killed in Action (KIA).
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16 April 1943
The German U-Boat threat to Allied ship convoys and the destruction of the harbour facilities supporting that capability are the number 1 priority of the Combined Bomber Offensive. Thus, the U-boat pens at Lorient, France and the harbour facilities at...
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. In December 1943, the B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in, and remained until the end of the war, flying over 330 missions....
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Italy | 16 April 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 16 February 2016 08:15:23 | ED-BB | Changes to person associations, place associations and mission associations |
| Sources | ||
Associated crew names |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 May 2015 18:09:58 | JasonR | Changes to nicknames, markings and unit associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 15198 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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