UPL 14894
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B-24 Liberator #42-40778 'Southern Comfort' flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid returning safely to Libya. Lost on 16 Aug 1943 mission to the airfields at Foggia, Italy. Several of the crewman taken POW escaped. A/C Crashed in a field near Potenza. 2 KIA 7 POW. No MACR.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38097871
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736038
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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