UPL 23128

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Crew members of the 755th Bomb Squadron, pose beside a Consolidated B-24 42-52382 'Wurf'Less' somewhere in England. 26 March 1944. Rear L-R : S/Sgt Gene R Groll, 2Lt Paul M Stout, S/Sgt Elvin C Detisch, T/Sgt Wilbert L Grote, S/Sgt Edward R Worrell, 1Lt Edwin A Grant. Front L-R : S/Sgt Charles B Burton Jr, 1Lt Edward C Gibbons, 1Lt Julius Gross, T/Sgt Joseph Conowall. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A12059-A81749AC.

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Units

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13027657
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator; Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33032300
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Air gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13070856 / O-733877
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wurf'less
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

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