43-38801 Ruth

Delivered Hunter 21/9/44; Grenier 2/10/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-M] Grafton Underwood 28/10/44; mechanical malfunction with Bob Fisher 1/1/45; Missing in Action Leipzig 6/4/45 with Dave Hastings, Dominic Martino, Thorston Johnson, Steve Gatto, Tom Weeks, Frank May (7 Killed in Action); Marlyn Bonecker (Prisoner of War); mid air coll, crashed Leipzig; Missing Air Crew Report 13851. RUTH.

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The wreck of a B-24 Liberator of the 93rd Bomb Group that crashed on take off near Aldeburgh, 19 December 1944. Image via Glenn Tessmer, 93rd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '19/12/44 Aldeburgh, Norfolk, crash on t/o.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Crash site. Taken about 1 hour after crash. Mission was then scrubbed. Just off end of south runway. Lead aircraft 93BG at Hardwick, Eng. Probably Dec 15-23, 1944. Note weather! The exact date of the crash can be verified in 2nd A.D/ news letters. I can

756

  • Date: 19 December 1944
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front. Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.

754

  • Date: 18 December 1944

748

  • Date: 12 December 1944

746

  • Date: 11 December 1944

743

  • Date: 9 December 1944

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 6 April 1945

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/One384thAircraft.php?Aircraf…

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

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ContributorAAM
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AAIR 45-01-01-524 / Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13851 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database