42-95008 Able Mabel

Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. 20 combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Aschersleben mission 29-Jun-44; Lost #3 engine en route, over target hit by flak and lost #4 engine, A/C abandoned Westrhauderfehn. 10 x POW MACR 7086

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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 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36586883
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-761801
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33645724
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33732272
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16117440 / O-712780
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Crashed

29 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR ) Aschersleben mission 29-Jun-44. MACR 7086

Assigned

Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

MACR 7086 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database