41-29122

media-27313.jpeg UPL 27313 B-24 41-29122 with its propeller and engine damaged on mission on 24 December 1943.

Added caption following correspondence with Eric Larsen.

Object Number - UPL 27313 - B-24 41-29122 with its propeller and engine damaged on mission on 24 December 1943.

Per records on 445bg.org: Lost propeller on number one engine on mission 12-24-1943. Emergency landing at Tibenham, England. Plane was salvaged 12-25-1943. Account of nose gunner Lewis C Johnson, also stated that when the prop came off it damaged the number two engine and embedded itself in the wing.

No recorded nose art/nickname.

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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 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Nose gunner, armorer.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804443
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Assistant Squadron Engineer Officer

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

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Salvaged

Tibenham, UK 25 December 1943

Revisions

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445bg.org. plane / missions list

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Account of nose gunner Lewis C Johnson, cross referenced with 445BG pilot records.
Southport The War Years, An Island Remembers. by Sarah Sherman Brewer.

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445bg.org

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445bg.org, plane/ missions list.
Published account of Lewis C Johnson, nose gunner. Southport, The War Years. An Island Remembers. By, Sarah Sherman Brewer.

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445thbg. org aircraft records, and from published book, based on interviews with the individual.
Source: Southport, The War Years, an Island Remembers. By Sarah Sherman Brewer.

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Photo provided by Lewis C Johnson, the nose gunner, who flew it's last mission. From published book, based on interviews with the individual.
Source: Southport, The War Years, an Island Remembers. By Sarah Sherman Brewer.

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