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Herman Joe Meek

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Pilot of B-24 #42-52191 "Lillie Belle", lost on the Berlin mission 6 March 1944. Killed In Action (KIA) - Drowned.

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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

Airmen of the 458th Bomb Group gather outside a hangar after a mission. Image via Lieutenant Vincent Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Intill smoke cigars, 753rd Hangar & operations. Kania W/O cap, Cullet W/ Cap, Vincent with cigar.'

735th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Joseph G Cyr

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

William Joseph Gricas

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33037722
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Joseph Grayson Halliburton

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-690648
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Thomas H Keathley

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17159588
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Martin Luther Kiner

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33243195
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

42-52191

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

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

8th Air Force 250

Date: 6 March 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Old Buckenham airfield looking east, the bomb dump is upper left, the technical site and sick quarters are below the airfield, 9 November 1943. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC73. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Old Buckenham

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born		27 November 1922	Montrose, Colorado
Enlisted		12 June 1942	Los Angeles, California
Other Killed In Action (KIA)		6 March 1944	when his B-24 #42-52191 "Lillie Belle" was lost in the North Sea
Buried/ Commemorated			Herman Meek rests at Cambridge, Plot C, Row 1, Grave 5
			Los Angeles, California

Revisions

Date7 Apr 2020 14:01:10

ContributorED-BB

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WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card

Date7 Apr 2020 12:54:50

ContributorED-BB

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MACR 2969
ABMC website

Date27 Sep 2014 18:13:00

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc