Louis Franklin Bass
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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."
Connections
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Units served with

- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![A pathfinder B-24 Liberator of the 577th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Note radar gear under nose/cockpit area!' Handwritten and printed caption on reverse: '392BG 577SQ.' On reverse: John E. Bode Aug 05 1964 [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x1/public/freeman/media-414153.jpg.webp?itok=6WRwLqRg)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
2nd Air Division Memorial Library
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Kentucky Baby
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
Places

- Site type: Memorial
- Known as: St Mary's Church, North Tuddenham

- Site type: Airfield
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
Find A Grave Memorial# 5981978
http://www.b24.net/
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