42-7523 Billie Babe

media-22926.jpeg UPL 22926 Ernest H Hutton,
Army Air Services Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 445th Bomb Group
Shot down 2 February 1944 in B-24 42-7523 'Billy Babe. ' Killed in Action (KIA). AM/ PH 445th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 22926 - Ernest H Hutton, Army Air Services Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 445th Bomb Group Shot down 2 February 1944 in B-24 42-7523 'Billy...

The aircraft was on a mission from Tibenham, England (Station 124) to Siracourt, France to bomb a German V-1 launch site (445th BG Mission 16). Enroute to the target the aircraft crashed in the North Sea. No cause could be determined. There were no witnesses to the loss & there was no distress call from the aircraft. MACR 2509.

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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

Cecil L Attison

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14182361
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Philip Bronstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13152993
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Donald C Dewey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37442329
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
Staff Sergeant Earl T. Doggett, U.S. Army Air Forces, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy

Earl T Doggett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34496322
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Paul G W Fischer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 2 February 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorUALDC8
Changes
Sources

Heavy Bombers of the Mighty Eighth
Battle Colors - Vol 1
445th Bomb Group Website
Losses of the US 8th & 9th Air Forces - Vol 2
MACR 2509

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 2509 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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