John W Irving

Military
media-24437.jpeg UPL 24437 Ford B-24L-5-FO Liberator – s/n 44-49279 – 564th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, Crashlanded at Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England on Feb. 6, 1945 after returning from a mission to Magdeburg, Germany.
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Object Number - UPL 24437 - Ford B-24L-5-FO Liberator – s/n 44-49279 – 564th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, Crashlanded at Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England...

Ona a test hop 2 engines cut out when the fuel selector valves were switched incorrectly. B-24L #44-49279 crashed. Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

4 February 1945

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Sources

389th Winter 2009 Newsletter / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 24437 - Ford B-24L-5-FO Liberator – s/n 44-49279 – 564th...