Benjamin W Long

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed near Marigny on 7/25/44 in B-24 Silver Streak #4295192 also have record of crash at Rehren on 11/26/44 in B-24 #4251549 again taken Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-51549

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

42-95192

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Silver Streak
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

France 25 July 1944

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 26 November 1944

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Sources

Birsic MACR 7841 MACR 11218 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11218 / MACR 7841 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database