Louis Franklin Bass

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-14477.jpeg UPL 14477 Louis F Bass

Find A Grave Memorial# 5981978

Object Number - UPL 14477 - Louis F Bass

Vickers, p. 37 B-24J #42-99979 'Esquire Lady' crashed in heavy weather. Mission to Zwickau recalled after ships were airborne due to weather.

According to b24.net, the name of the Liberator was "Kentucky Baby."

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

media-27895.pdf (2.48 MB) Document 27895 'In Honour of the Crew of a B-24 Bomber who were killed on 21st April 1944 at North Tuddenham, Norfolk' produced by Pat Baldwin, Clerk to North Tuddenham Parish Council. A copy is archived in the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library.

2nd Air Division Memorial Library

42-99979

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Kentucky Baby
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Princeton, TX, USA 1 December 1917

Died

North Tuddenham, Dereham, Norfolk NR20, UK 21 April 1944

Buried

Altoga, Texas 75071, USA Altoga Cemetery Altoga Collin County Texas, USA

Revisions

Date4 Apr 2015 20:16:51
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ChangesChanges to middlename, biography, events, place associations and media associations
Sources

Find A Grave Memorial# 5981978
http://www.b24.net/

Date27 Sep 2014 18:19:13
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Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement p. 253, The Liberators from Wendling by Vickers, p. 37,

href="http://www.b-24.net/aircrew/bnames.html">http://www.b-24.net/aircrew/bnames.html>, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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