41-28718 Bo

media-23125.jpeg UPL 23125 Douglas built Consolidated Liberator B-24H 41-28718 'Bo' in flight.

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Object Number - UPL 23125 - Douglas built Consolidated Liberator B-24H 41-28718 'Bo' in flight.

Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 27 missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Berlin. Attacked by Fw190's and dropped out of formation in spin with one engine knocked out. Landed in Rinkaby, Sweden. 11 x Interned (INT). 29-Apr-44. MACR 4451.

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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.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Louis Beckett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Thomas C Bell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Ralph Edgar Bonner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39901872
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight engineer

Rex L Brudos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17031412 / O-72528
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Grant G Conant

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11069675 / O-688723
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Combat damaged / Interned

291 76 Rinkaby, Sweden 29 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Berlin. Attacked by Fw190's and dropped out of formation in spin with one engine knocked out. Landed in Rinkaby, Sweden. 11 x Interned (INT). 29-Apr-44. MACR 4451.

Revisions

Date7 Mar 2023 01:40:32
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://www.458bg.com/MissionPDFs/458-004-06Mar44.pdf

Date6 Mar 2023 01:21:38
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://www.458bg.com/MissionPDFs/458-002-03Mar44.pdf

Date6 Mar 2023 00:59:15
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://www.458bg.com/MissionPDFs/458-001-02Mar44.pdf

Date17 Aug 2016 11:13:54
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=4451&Submit=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28645604
http://www.b24bestweb.com/bo2.htm

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

MACR 4451 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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