42-100431 Bomb-Ah-Dear

Robert Dix UPL 70362 UPL 70362 1st Lt Robert W. Dix inspects a flak hole and a near miss for him on B-24 'Bomb Ah Dear'
42-100431 Robert William Dix On

Object Number - UPL 70362 - 1st Lt Robert W. Dix inspects a flak hole and a near miss for him on B-24 'Bomb Ah Dear'

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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 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
James Fryer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 560th Bomb Squadron 388th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16003306
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 30 October 1944

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Sources

MACR 10166 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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