44-6592 Stardust

media-56802.jpeg UPL 56802 44-6592, STARDUST, 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron

Object Number - UPL 56802 - 44-6592, STARDUST, 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron

Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Grenier 2/10/44; Assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group [SO-S] Grafton Underwood 28 October 1944; Missing in Action on a mission to Berlin, 3 February 1945 with George F. Ruckman, Fiorino A. Cinquanta, John O. Beeby, Jack Rivall, Johnie E. Young, Jack G. Garstak, Albert S. Horan, Alonzo R. Rice, Frederick A. Sorenson (9 Returned to Duty); flak, force landed in Poland. The was aircraft repaired and returned to UK via Italy; Missing Air Crew Report 12154; transferred with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged 9AF Germany 10 December 1945. STARDUST.

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  • Date: 30 December 1944
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  • Date: 23 December 1944
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
  • 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.
  • Date: 18 December 1944

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Forced Landing in Poland

Poland 3 February 1945 - 30 March 1945

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384thbombgroup.com

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12154 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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