J H Gwanick

Military

30 December 1943 on return from mission to IGF factory at Ludwigshaven. In B-17 42-64436 'Two Gun Flossie' B-24 41-29130 which was already on the runway. 10 RTD. A/C was repaired but was Missing in Action (MIA) 24 Feb 1944. Melby crew.

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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

41-29130

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date7 Jan 2022 11:35:23
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Sources

http://accident-report.com/crews/alpha/namegole-gy3.html

Date26 Aug 2021 22:50:29
Contributorjmoore43
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:13:40
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol. I, p. 449