Bill B Basick

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 29895 - Bill B. Basick

Mission 197 to Remagen in B-24 A/C #42-51865 crashed on takeoff, Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

People

Walter E Beck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33733107
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Stephen J Bolger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33596911
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Nose Gunner

Edmund P Bull

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12220410
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Olaf A Coburn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31012958
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Joelbert W Ellingson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-826898
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

The crumpled tail of a crashed B-24 Liberator of the 453rd Bomb Group. Image via Kenneth W Clendenin. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'H_ of 453rd BG, 735 BS? JSH 42-51865 1 Jan 45 Olf Buckenham. Lt AC Judd.'

42-51865

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group

Missions

774

  • Date: 1 January 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Akron, Ohio, United States 8 September 1942 Enlisted as a Private

Died

Old Buckenham, Norfolk, United Kingdom 1 January 1945

Born

Ohio

Revisions

Date7 May 2020 21:43:22
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date7 Sep 2017 16:08:14
ContributorGulfstream12
ChangesChanges to media associations
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1st Lt. Bill B. Basick

Date17 Dec 2014 14:45:55
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to service number, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

* Data from page 143 of "The Liberator Men of Old Buc" (on-line at http://www.453rd.com/books/Liberator_Men_Of_Old_Buc.pdf).
* 453rd BG website Honor Roll ( http://www.453rdbg.com/Roll_of_Honor.html)
* NARA WWII Enlistment records
* www.abmc.gov

Date27 Sep 2014 18:04:36
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Combat Supplement, Unit History / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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