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media-36284.jpeg UPL 36284 Joseph Hugh Gillespie, Enlisted in WWII on 08/14/1942, shot down over Brunswick, Germany after 29 bomber missions on 02/20/1945. Gillespie, Joseph Hugh

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Object Number - UPL 36284 - Joseph Hugh Gillespie, Enlisted in WWII on 08/14/1942, shot down over Brunswick, Germany after 29 bomber missions on 02/20/1945.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

Dominic Binagia

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18191495
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

John F Eden

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-678706
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Joseph Hugh Gillespie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33188583
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Samuel Arland Harbert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35574809
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Marlin Gerald Kirkorian

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-684170
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 20 February 1944

Revisions

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Added an association to Tibenham, the home base for the 445th Bomb Group.

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

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MACR 2440 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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