Roland F Castillo

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 27 February 1945 in B-24 #4251518.

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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

42-51518

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

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

Died

27 February 1945

Born

Tampa, Florida, USA

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 27 February 1945

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:25
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12794 / Not in Birsic, ABMC, MACR 12794, 2AD Roll of Honor / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database