42-110172 Sweet Lorraine

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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.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Richard E Arnold

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Kenneth C Barton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Preston W Campbell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

William J Fuqua

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Maynard T Halsted

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 23 May 1944

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 24 May 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added the A/C nickname listed in the "Summary biography" sections of several crew including the Pilot “Kenneth C Barton”.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 15189 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database