James Nemeth

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

After being badly damaged over Berlin on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-24H #42-52450 crashed on the return N of Amsterdam. Killed in Action (KIA).

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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

People

Beverly E Ballard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-805152
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Harry S Bengry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36186643 and O-811316
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Roland W Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-752754
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Ralph C Kracker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35595479
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Victor W Krueger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36289442
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-52450

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

6 March 1944

Born

New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, O-20-3

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 6 March 1944

Revisions

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Sources

NARA WWII POW records
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3350 / MACR 3350, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 280 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 &

href="http://www.458bg.com/crew52ballard.htm">http://www.458bg.com/crew52ballard.htm> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database