42-102513 Swing Shift Baby
Photos provided courtesy of the family of Alfred McGowan...
Object Number - UPL 28942 - Swing Shift Baby # 42102513 lost on return from mission to Ludwigshafen on 25Sep44... Crew bailed out at 11,000 feet, and the place continued on...
Delivered: Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 10/4/44; battle damage Ludwigshafen 25/9/44 Crew bailed out due to flak damage to three engines, landed on auto-pilot near Mondorf-led-Bains, and was photographed in a field by advancing GIs about a week later; Salvaged 22/12/44. SWING SHIFT BABY.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg | 25 September 1944 |