Alex C Bail

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA). B-24H 42-50449 'HEAVENLY HIDEAWAY' crashed after mid-air collision after returning from mission to the Reichenbach Marshalling Yards.

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Units served with

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.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-50449

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Heavenly Hideaway
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

23 February 1945

Born

Pennsylvania

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Sources

Combat Chronology, Unit History & Page 272 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia