Paul S Singer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-14894.jpeg UPL 14894 B-24 Liberator #42-40778 'Southern Comfort' flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid returning safely to Libya. Lost on 16 Aug 1943 mission to the airfields at Foggia, Italy. Several of the crewman taken POW escaped. A/C Crashed in a field near Potenza. 2 KIA 7 POW. No MACR.

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Object Number - UPL 14894 - B-24 Liberator #42-40778 'Southern Comfort' flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid returning safely to Libya. Lost on 16 Aug 1943 mission to...

On August 16, 1943, was shot down in 'Southern Comfort' 42-40778 on a mission to Foggia, IT while temporarily assigned to the 9th AAC. The plane caught fire and pilot Austin had to give the bail out order. 8 crew members became Prisoner of War (POW)s and 2 were Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

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

People

Sheldon Finder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36008454 / O-733298
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Allen H Green

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14068817 / 0-795238
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Glenn Curtis Hickerson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06294273
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Joseph W B Jett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38097871
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

Dale V Lee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17032710
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-40778

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Southern Comfort
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Killed in action

16 August 1943

Born

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Buried

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44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy pp. 114-6 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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