Charles M Bousquet

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Rotenberg on 9/27/44 in B-24 'King Kong' #4250383

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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

42-50383

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: King Kong
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 27 September 1944
Rhode Island, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

MACR 9390 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia