42-95128 Bonnie Vee

media-57192.jpeg UPL 57192 42-95128, 700th BS, 445th BG, 8th AF. "Bonnie Vee", IS-R+

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Object Number - UPL 57192 - 42-95128, 700th BS, 445th BG, 8th AF. "Bonnie Vee", IS-R+

Flew 54 missions with the 445th BG. Shot down by German fighters on the Kassel Mission (445th BG Mission 169) 27 Sep 44 & crashed near Richelsdorf, Germany. 7 KIA, 2 POW, MACR 9397.

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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 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-717365
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-681770
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37527992
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35057106
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 27 September 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorUALDC8
Changes
Sources

Heavy Bombers of the Mighty Eighth
Battle Colors - Vol 1
Losses of the US 8th & 9th Air Forces - Vol 4
MACR 9397

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 9397 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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