Philip Solomon

Military

Shot down 12 April 1944 in B-24 #42-7601 'Sin Ship'. Evaded. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 2326 - https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5556957

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

William T Burtt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-746654
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Michael Ralph Ciano

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32306371
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Peter Mather Clark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11100656
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Albert P Gilsdorf

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-805904
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Robert Thomas Hansen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32385014
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-7601

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

2 June 1917 New York City, New York

Other

Bailed out

12 April 1944 of 42-7601

Other

Evaded capture

12 April 1944 After landing in parachute in a field West of Hingeon, near Namur, Belgium, he was helped by Belgian citizens and members of the Belgian Résistance. Sheltered, fed, clothed, transported to the Liège, Belgium, region, from where he was guided to France and then crossed into Switzerland where he arrived on 1 June 1944. Left Switzerland for Annecy, France in September and was flown back from there to England on 29 September 1944.

Died

3 April 2006 Las Vegas, Nevada

Buried

Philip Solomon rests at the Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California

Revisions

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WWII Draft Card
Added E&E number
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)

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MACR 3828
Escape & Evasion Report https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5556957

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3828