Ned A Chidester

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Ditched in North Sea in B-24 'Lonesome Lou' #41-29465, Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.

448th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-29465

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lonesome Lou
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

5 August 1944

Revisions

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Added S/N per MACR 8669 at Fold3.com. SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/28691133

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Added a location for the KIA event per info in the "Summary biography".

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/search?firstname=red&middlename=&la…;
MACR 8669 has wrong first name (Red).

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8669