41-29359 Tail Wind

media-14093.jpeg UPL 14093 B-24H-15-CF, serial number 41-29359

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Object Number - UPL 14093 - B-24H-15-CF, serial number 41-29359

Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Brunswick, Germany 5 August 1944. Flak damage caused initial loss of 2 engines, which were restarted, ran out of fuel over the Channel, ditched North Sea. 9 men survived, the Co-Pilot died. Survivors picked up by Air Sea Rescue. MACR 8675.

Crew: Pilot 2Lt James B. Prevost, Co-Pilot F/O Allen Boorse Jr (KIA), Navigator F/O Astor Perry, Bombardier F/O Robert F. Kearney, Radio Operator Sgt Henry C. Howard, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner Sgt James C. Quillen, Ball Turret Gunner Sgt Raymond E. Barto, Right Waist Gunner Sgt Benjamin W. Dankosky, Left Waist Gunner Sgt John C. Colbert, Tail Gunner Sgt George A. Streeter.

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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
  • Service Numbers: 13176148
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13125119 / T-62414
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33764791
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12228037
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35450626
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 5 August 1944

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Connected to pages from MACR 8675

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MACR 8675

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www.b24bestweb.com via Fort Worth Aviation Museum

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www.b24bestweb.com via Fort Worth Aviation Museum

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MACR 8675 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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