42-64439 Bullet Serenade

While on a mission to Brunswick, Germany (445th BG Mission 25) on 2/20/44 the aircraft was shot down by German fighters & exploded in midair. All 9 crew were KIA. The aircraft crashed near Montabaur, Germany. MACR 2438.

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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

Antonio Francisco

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32361445
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Robert Q Kiser

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-679077
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Francis J La Velle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12080864
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Henry W Lotoszinski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-684532
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Elwyn R McCargar

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12169319
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 20 February 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorUALDC8
Changes
Sources

445th Bomb Group Website
Losses of the US 8th & 9th Air Forces - Vol 2
Battle Colors - Vol 1
MACR 2438
Heavy Bombers of the Mighty Eighth

Date
ContributorUALDC8
Changes
Sources

445th Bomb Group Website
Losses of the US 8th & 9th Air Forces - Vol 2
Battle Colors - Vol 1
MACR 2438
Heavy Bombers of the Mighty Eighth

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 2438 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database