506th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
media-14570.jpeg UPL 14570 B-24 Liberator #4124282 'Ruth-Less' a survivor of 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid. Lost on raid on V1 rocket launching ramps at Pas-de-Calais, France. Shortly after dropping their bombs, the bomber received flak damage to the # 3 and # 4 engines (both engines on the starboard wing). Not possible to make base and while attempting to find a landing area in poor weather, A/C crashed into a hill above Eastbourne, killing all crew. 10 KIA. Pilot 1st Lt James O Bolin. MACR 6385.

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Object Number - UPL 14570 - B-24 Liberator #4124282 'Ruth-Less' a survivor of 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid. Lost on raid on V1 rocket launching ramps at Pas-de-Calais, France....

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Shipdham

People

Anson G Daniels

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

Albert E Dewhirst

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron

Anibal C Diaz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron

Andrew Thomas Fabiny

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19094699 / O-740092
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Alva F Favera

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron

Aircraft

41-24283

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

41-24295

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

41-28829

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: My Everlovin Gal
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
B-24 Liberators, including a B-24 (serial number 41-29153) nicknamed "Greenwich", of the 44th Bomb Group conducts a raid on a German airfield near Diepholz. The image has been annotated to show the exact position of the target airfield. Printed caption on reverse: '50676 AC - Germany - SIX DAYS THAT SHOOK GERMANY - When the six days ended, every one of the factories attacked had been seriously injured, and some of the most important ones had been all but obliterated. U.S Army 8th AF Consolidated B-24s bom

41-29153

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

41-29172

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

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

506th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (36 items)

Object number: UPL 14896 - B-24 Liberator 41-24283 'Old Crow' flew on the 1st...

Object number: UPL 17967 - B-24H-1-FO #42-7522 "Southern Comfort" Code: GJ-S...

Object number: UPL 17969 - B-24H-1-F - 42-7535 - Peep Sight - Code: GJ-U -...

Object number: UPL 18952 - 100th Mission Party Norwich England 506th Bomb Sqd...

Object number: UPL 21463 - Robert E Schuyler

Object number: UPL 22859 - B-24D-25-CO #41-24295 "Wicked Witch" Code: J...

Object number: UPL 32176 - "S/Sgt Lonnie L Ackerman of Fox, AR displays air...

Object number: UPL 32209 - Edward I Kelley, 44th Bomb Group The Flying...

Object number: UPL 32374 - Ray I. Marner , 44th Bomb Group

Object number: UPL 34926 - SSgt William J. Mulholland at Shipham, 1944.

Object number: UPL 38849 - Paul E Blow, 44th BG. 506th. Squadron. Flew last...

Object number: UPL 38904 - Crew of B-24 41-29153 "The Greenwich", 44th Bomb...