Joseph R Bidney

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters and exploded and crashed near Giessen, GR on the return from a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7517 'Too Tired'. Killed in Action (KIA).



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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

42-7517

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Too Tired
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

24 February 1944

Born

Buffalo, New York, USA

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, M9 9

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 24 February 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2551 / MACR 2551, ABMC, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database