42-94921 Tahelenbak

media-31915.jpeg UPL 31915 B-24H 42-94921 'Tahelenbak' 701BS, 445BG, 8AF.

Object Number - UPL 31915 - B-24H 42-94921 'Tahelenbak' 701BS, 445BG, 8AF.

Assigned to 701BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed tour of missions. Returned ZI.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36301351 / O-807517
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0720601, 18110235
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: waist gunner; Pilot

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Willow Run Airport, 801 Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, MI 48198, USA 3 March 1944 Delivered to USAAF.

Assigned

Tibenham, Norwich, UK 26 April 1944 Assigned to 701BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Combat damaged

821 Manston Rd, Ramsgate CT12, UK 17 July 1944 Returned combat damaged from Rilly La Montagne with 2 x engines out, crossing the Le Havre flak belt at 1000ft. Landed at RAF Manston. Pilot Lt William C Riemer.

Other

Repaired

821 Manston Rd, Ramsgate CT12, UK 18 July 1944 All 4 x engines changed at RAF Manston.

Other

Aborted battle damaged

Kassel, Germany 27 September 1944 Aborted Kassel 27-Sep-44 engine knocked out by flak pilot Lt Donald McClelland.

Crashed

Tibenham, Norwich, UK 5 February 1945 Crashed damage unknown. Tibenham 5-Feb-45 Pilot Lt Lloyd E Stone.

Manufactured

Willow Run Airport, 801 Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, MI 48198, USA Built at Consolidated.

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