Nicholas J Fidares

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95260) nicknamed "Lili Marlene" of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group flies in formation with two comrades. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 H & B-24 J OF 44th B.G. 66th Sqdn'

Object Number - FRE 679 - A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95260) nicknamed "Lili Marlene" of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group flies in formation with two comrades....

Joined Sqd 10/26/44. Killed in Action (KIA) 12/28/44 (Kaiserslautern) - crashed on return. Pilot: Bledsoe.

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Units served with

B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95260) nicknamed "Lili Marlene" of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group flies in formation with two comrades. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 H & B-24 J OF 44th B.G. 66th Sqdn'

42-95260

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lilli Marlene
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs 68th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

28 December 1944

Buried

Revisions

Date11 Jun 2015 16:13:32
ContributorA. van Erp
Sources

www.ancestry.com

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:33
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd

Nicholas J Fidares: Gallery (2 items)

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95260) nicknamed "Lili Marlene" of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group flies in formation with two comrades. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 H & B-24 J OF 44th B.G. 66th Sqdn'

Object number: FRE 679 - A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95260)...