44-40287 Bachelor's Bedlam : Bachelor's Club

Assigned to 753BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. 68 x combat missions. 14-Mar-44 damaged by explosion of 44-40118. Repaired on base. RTZ Jun-45.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Damaged

14 March 1944 Damaged by explosion of B-24 44-40118.

Manufactured

Built at Consolidated.

Assigned

Assigned to 753BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Returned Zone of Interior

68 x combat mission veteran, returned USA.