41-29300 Lorelei

media-14069.jpeg UPL 14069 B-24H-10-CF, serial number 41-29300

www.b24bestweb.com via Fort Worth Aviation Museum

Object Number - UPL 14069 - B-24H-10-CF, serial number 41-29300

Downed near Munich, Germany 11 July 1944

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39901872
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15065248
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17031412 / O-72528
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 11 July 1944

Revisions

Date7 Mar 2023 00:31:43
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Date6 Mar 2023 20:48:07
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Date6 Mar 2023 01:20:15
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Date23 Mar 2015 02:24:02
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Sources

www.b24bestweb.com via Fort Worth Aviation Museum

Date23 Mar 2015 00:23:12
ContributorBill Morris
ChangesChanges to nicknames, description and unit associations
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www.joebaugher.com via Fort Worth Aviation Museum

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:05
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ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

MACR 6927 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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