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media-33644.jpeg UPL 33644 "Smoke and pyrotechnic target identification bombs fall, along with general purpose bombs, toward the target at Berck-Sur-Mer, France, during a mission by planes of the 8th Air Force'S 44th Bombardment Group on June 3, 1944."

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Object Number - UPL 33644 - "Smoke and pyrotechnic target identification bombs fall, along with general purpose bombs, toward the target at Berck-Sur-Mer, France, during a...

Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg. Crash landed Kent 29-Jun-44. Salvaged.

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Units served with

44th Bomb Group

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

66th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Morris V Englehardt

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 44th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron 754th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

William John Gee

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 44th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron 754th Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 0692777
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Charles B Handwright

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
Nationality: American
Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron

Zohrab Hanisian

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 44th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 31281254
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
Role/Job: waist gunner

Places

Shipdham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Pathway

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Crashed	Kent, UK	29 June 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg. Crash landed Kent 29-Jun-44.
Manufactured	San Diego, CA, USA		Built at Douglas.
Delivered	California, USA		Delivered to USAAF.
Other Assigned	Shipdham, UK	29 June 1944	Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.
Other Salvaged	Kent, UK		Salvaged.