Philip W Forrest Jr

Military

Shot down fighters using rockets and crashed near Bad Hersfeld, GR on a mission to Gotha, Germany, on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24H 42-7515 'Green Gremlin'. Prisoner of War (POW).



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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

Aircraft

42-7515

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Green Gremlin
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of war

24 February 1944

Born

Middlebury, Vermont

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2550, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces