Bedford B King

Military

Bedford B King served as a ball turret gunner with the 389th Bomb Group out of Hethel. He was shot down on 20 December 1943 in B-24 41-28589. He was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Sacramento, CA, USA 30 August 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

North Sea 20 December 1943

Born

Chickasha, Oklahoma

Died

Stateline, NV 89449, USA

Revisions

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Sources

Correspondence with Leslie J. Fells

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1972 / MACR 1972, 389th BG Roster / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database