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B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW). Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-24122 'Missouri Sue. ' An Fw190A-5 from JG 2/8, flown by Obfw. Josef Bigge, badly damaged the plane, shooting off part of the tail. Plane ditched into Bay of Biscay. 16-Apr-43. 10 x KIA. MACR 15730.
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
Military | Captain | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). According to Stewart pilot Fleenor was flying an H model B24 which was the first to arrive from the states. Earlier on 26 February 1943...
Military | Captain | Fighter pilot | 339th Fighter Group
Assigned to the 339th Fighter Group after VE Day, completed 75 missions with the 93rd Bomb Group. Also completed 17 supply missions. He completed his first 25 missions in 29 days. He was killed in an accident over England on July 17, 1945. The remains...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-24122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). ABMC; MACR 15703, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 pp. 81-2 and 104. Ted's Traveling Circus picture p. 94, 78 -82 includes crew...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Earlier on 26 February 1943 B-24 41-23734 'Night Raider' crashed landed on return to Britain with 3 crew members wounded in action. The...
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Earlier on 26 February 1943 B-24 41-23734 'Night Raider' crashed landed on return to Britain with 3 crew members wounded in action. The...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). . Earlier on 26 February 1943 B-24 41-23734 'Night Raider' crashed landed on return to Britain with 3 crew members wounded in action....
Military | Lieutenant | Bombardier | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Earlier on 26 February 1943 B-24 41-23734 'Night Raider' crashed landed on return to Britain with 3 crew members wounded in action. The...
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in briefly in March 1943, then returned in June 1943 remaining until the end of the war and...
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| Manufactured | San Diego, TX 78384, USA | 1943 |
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Built at Consolidated. |
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| Delivered | Texas, USA | 1943 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Hardwick, Cambridge CB23, UK | 1943 |
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Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | Bay of Biscay | 16 April 1943 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW). Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-24122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane ditched into Bay of Biscay. 10 x KIA. MACR 15730. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 August 2016 15:03:35 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-24122 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 October 2015 15:53:03 | dan35 | Changes to nicknames |
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http://www.absa3945.com/Pertes%20Bretagne/Finistere/pertes_usaaf_finiste... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 15730 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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