44-40243 Tender Foot

Object Number - UPL 13512
Shot down by Flak right after dropping its bombs. Aircraft in flames partially evacuated before exploding in flight. 7 KIA. 3 POW. MACR 5633.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12187407
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places

- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 5 June 1944
- Official Description: 629 Heavy Bombers attack 6 coastal defence installations in Cherbourg-Caen area and 8 in Pas de Calais area, along with 3 V-weapon sites and a railroad bridge. 6 Bombers are lost.
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Landrethun-le-Nord, France | 5 June 1944 | Crashed in the Lac de Blacourt, commune of Landrethun-le-Nord, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Sources
MACR 5039
ContributorTimothy McKeown
Sources
Ringmasters: The 491st Bombardment Group (H). Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co. (1992).
ContributorAAM
Sources
MACR 5633 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database