41-23672 Double Trouble
NARA Ref 3A45218-3A46062.
Rear L-R: 2nd Lt Gerald G Gray, 2nd Lt Frank T Lewis, Lt Bernard Abels and Capt Benjamin F Riggs.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Edwin J Malloy, S/Sgt George R Creadon, T/Sgt Stephen V Meddling, S/Sgt Michael J Reilly, T/Sgt Marlin E Staller and S/Sgt Harry Cottingham.
Object Number - UPL 22986 - Consolidated B-24D Liberator 41-23672 'Double Trouble' 328th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. NARA Ref 3A45218-3A46062. Rear L-R: 2nd Lt Gerald G Gray,...
Assigned to 328th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW). Lost to flak and fighters on 19-Jan-43. Crashed into the sea 150 miles S.E. of Malta. MACR 15484.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 711892
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39169796
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35276843
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
Mediterranean Sea | 19 January 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW). Lost to flak and fighters on 19-Jan-43. Crashed into the sea 150 miles S.E. of Malta. MACR 15484. |
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Manufactured |
San Diego, TX 78384, USA | Built at Consolidated. | |
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Delivered |
Texas, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Hardwick, Cambridge CB23, UK | Assigned to 328th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. |
Revisions
MACR 15484 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
This photograph was provided to me by Luther C. Cox as I was writing a story to commemorate his service in 1990.
MACR 15484 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
