Mission 291
350 B-24s are dispatched to aviation industry targets in Brunswick
1944-04-08 - MACR #: 3840
Notes:29365 (466th BG, 787th BS) lost Apr 8, 1944. MACR 3840
Service
Units
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Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...
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People
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29365, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29365, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29365, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29365, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Colonel | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29365, Prisoner of War (POW).
Retired from a 31 year career in the USAF with the rank of Colonel.
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Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29365, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29365, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Right Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 41-29365. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29365, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Nose Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29365, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Missions
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22 March 1944
The German aviation industries at Oraneinburg and Basdorf were the intended primary target for this mission but dense cloud cover prevented the attack on these targets. The secondary target of Berlin, Germany and surrounding Targets of Opportunity (TOs...
Events
Event |
Location |
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Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany |
8 April 1944 |
Attacked and set afire by German fighters. Intense fire in the bomb bay necessitate the crew salvoing the bomb load. Daniel B. Harris Crew - Crew #717
Slager (WG) was KIA. Bushing (E) suffered serious burns fighting the fires. All the surviving crew were made POW
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