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Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Boppard on 10/14/44 in B-24 'The Jolly Roger' 42-50864; a/c hit by flak. With no. one engine smoking, crew bailed out; all survived and became Prisoner of War (POW)s.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-50864

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jolly Roger
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Prisoner of war

14 October 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of 8thAF, vol4