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
The 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1 Mar 42 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15 May 42. the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida, to continue advanced flight training and also to fly antisubmarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico. They...
Squadron
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15198
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15198
Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME, PH.
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15198
Awards: PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15198
Awards: AM (2OLC), EAME, PH.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 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. MACR 15198
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 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.
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner / Tail Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.
Note: Losses and NARA spell last name with an 'e' while MACR uses an 'o'
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
Military | Colonel | Co-Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 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,...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 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 |
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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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