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Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Returned from Bremen mission 13-Nov-43; Returning from the raid, Lt William H Hart, circled the field and then crashed in some trees near the base. 7 x RTD, 1 x WIA, 2 x KIA. No MACR.

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The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734913
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35288918
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39083169 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Crashed

Shipdham, UK 13 November 1943 Returned from Bremen mission 13-Nov-43; Returning from the raid, Lt William H Hart, circled the field and then crashed in some trees near the base. 7 x RTD, 1 x WIA, 2 x KIA. No MACR.

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Shipdham, UK Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

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