NS707

Assigned to 856BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. Approach accident - RAF Winchfield, Hampshire, 25/4/45 - Lt Richard Greene (Nav) KIA, Lt James G. Kuntz (pilot) RTD.

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-749530
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15126770/ T-132922
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13040142 / O-808563
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12029790 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Manufactured

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK 24 March 1944 Hatfield Built, contract number 555/C.23(a), between 24-3-1944 and 31-12-1944.

Crashed

Winchfield, Hook, Hampshire RG27, UK 25 April 1945 Approach accident - RAF Winchfield, Hampshire - Lt Richard Greene (Nav) KIA, Lt James G. Kuntz (pilot) RTD.

Assigned

RAF Harrington, UK Assigned to 856BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF.

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