42-52115 Hells Belle
Object Number - UPL 60585 - B-24 42-52115 'Hells Belle'
Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Stalled after a mid-air collision with 42-52132 (and after the pitot heater had failed?), lost its wings and exploded 10 Feb 44 during assembly. Wreckage fell scattered at oaken Hill Farm, Badingham, and the tail fin landed in a hedge at Parham, both near Framlingham, Suffolk.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16144615
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12171282
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-679887
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677543
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33300005
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Boomerang
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF.
Stalled after a mid-air collision with 42-52132 (and after the pitot heater had failed?), lost its wings and exploded 10 Feb 44 during assembly. Wreckage fell scattered at oaken Hill Farm, Badingham, and the tail fin landed in a hedge at Parham, both near Framlingham, Suffolk.
