Delbert M Hicks

Military

On ferry flight on 27 Jan 1944, B-24J #42-100283 crashed on takeoff from Marrakech, Morrocco. DNB.

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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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

27 January 1944

Born

Page, Iowa

Buried

Pennsylvania

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Sources

8th AF Losses & Page 277of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia