Claud W Palmer

Military

Force landed B-24 # 42-94800 near Lodz, PL on 15 March 1945.

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group

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Info from personal bios of the Palmer-Patterson Crew, B-24 Combat Crew, 700 Bomb Squadron, 445 Bomb Group, 2nd Air Wing, 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force, Tibenham, Norfolk, England. Supplied by Jim Palmer, son.

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Info from his son, Jim Palmer.

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Birsic; RG 334, National Archives, College Park, MD.

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Birsic / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia