Clarence M Prentice

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed at Schooldiyke in B-24 'Satan's Mate' #42100341

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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

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100341) nicknamed "Satan's Mate" of the 458th Bomb Group.

42-100341

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satan's Mate
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

11 July 1944

Born

Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Hollland 11 July 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6929 / MACR 6929 & Page 281 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 &

href="http://www.458bg.com/crewaz02jones.htm">http://www.458bg.com/crewaz02jones.htm> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database