B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Berlin, just short of IP hit by flak causing oil leak on #4 and turbo failure #2. Dropped out of formation, calling for fighter cover, Me210's attacked them knocking out the tail gunner and raking the fuselage. Crew baled out prior to crash Finsterwalde. 5 x POW, 5 KIA. 8-Mar-44. MACR 3345.
Group
The 458th Bomb Group (H) entered combat with the 8th Air Force in February 1944. Based at Horsham St. Faith in England, the combat crews participated in the decisive Campaigns 'Big Week', 'Big B', D-Day and the assault on Germany's oil industry waged...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Flight Officer | Bombardier | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and an ME210 on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944 in B-24H #41-28720. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Killed in Action (KIA)
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Prisoner of War (POW). Luft I, IV, and VI.
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Prisoner of War (POW). Held in Stalag Luft IV.
Military site : airfield
Horsham St Faith was an RAF Bomber Command Station opened in June 1940. It was home to Bristol Blenheim medium-bombers, and was for a time occupied by fighters, including those of No. 19 Squadron and No. 264 Squadron. From September 1942 the airfield...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Tulsa, OK, USA | 1943 |
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Built at Douglas. |
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| Delivered | Oklahoma, USA | 1943 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Horsham St Faith, Norwich NR10, UK | 1943 – 8 March 1944 |
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Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | 03238 Finsterwalde, Germany | 8 March 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Berlin, just short of IP hit by flak causing oil leak on #4 and turbo failure #2. Dropped out of formation, calling for fighter cover, Me210's attacked them knocking out the tail gunner and raking the fuselage. Crew baled out prior to crash Finsterwalde. 5 x POW, 5 KIA. 8-Mar-44. MACR 3345. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 17 August 2016 13:09:07 | 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=41-28720&Submit6=Go |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:05 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 3345 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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