41-28692 Hell's Wagon

Assigned to 576BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. 10 x Missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Friedrichshafen, attacked by Bf109's and Fw190's after breaking formation 18-Mar-44, landed in Dubendorf, Switzerland. 10 x Interned. MACR 3318.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Lloyd G Bennett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner

Chester D Decker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Charles N Devoe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Milton O Halsne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Walter T Hebron

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Assigned

Wendling, Dereham NR19, UK 8 February 1944 - 18 March 1944 Assigned to 576BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Combat damaged

Friedrichshafen, Germany 18 March 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Friedrichshafen, attacked by Bf109's and Fw190's after breaking formation 18-Mar-44, landed in Dubendorf, Switzerland. 10 x Interned. MACR 3318.

Other

Interned

Dübendorf, Switzerland 18 March 1944 Landed in Dubendorf, Switzerland. Interned. MACR 3318.

Revisions

Date24 May 2022 09:33:38
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to unit associations
Sources

MACR 3318 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date17 Nov 2016 22:46:15
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to place associations and mission associations
Sources

"Strangers In A Strange Land - Volume II" - Heins-Heiri Stapfer/Gino Kunzle

Date17 Nov 2016 22:42:59
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to nicknames, markings and events
Sources

"Strangers In A Strange Land - Volume II" - Heins-Heiri Stapfer/Gino Kunzle
page 16

Date16 Aug 2016 10:38:14
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28692&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28626286
http://www.b24.net/aircraft/disposit.htm

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:05
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

MACR 3318 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database