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Added caption following correspondence with Eric Larsen.
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
Missions
- Date: 24 December 1943
- Date: 22 December 1943
- Date: 20 December 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Salvaged |
Tibenham, UK | 25 December 1943 |
Revisions
Account of nose gunner Lewis C Johnson, cross referenced with 445BG pilot records.
Southport The War Years, An Island Remembers. by Sarah Sherman Brewer.
445bg.org, plane/ missions list.
Published account of Lewis C Johnson, nose gunner. Southport, The War Years. An Island Remembers. By, Sarah Sherman Brewer.
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.
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.