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My father witnessed the crash of B-24 41-28822 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium, on the 23th of June 1944. I documented the whole incident and was the author of a Memorial for the killed Van Dycke-crew at the crash-site.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33462202
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35794435
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34163143
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
-Ivo M. de Jong : ‘The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H)’, 2004 Turner Publishing Company
-Ivo M. de Jong, Lee C. Hauenstein, Paul M. Webber : ‘Photo History of the 487th Bomb Group (H)’, 2010 PRI Communications, Inc.
-Martha Spindler Brown, sister of William Spindler : Mission Air Crew Report 6263, War Department, Headquarters Army Air Forces
-German files on the crash of 41-28822 : ‘Abschuss einer Liberator KU 2356’, ‘Angaben über Gefangennahme oder Bergung von feindlichen Luftwaffenangehörigen Dulag-Luft Wetzlar 5 Juli 1944’, by the curtisie of Ivo de Jong
-http://www.487thbg.org : website of the 487th Bomb Group Association, Paul Webber
-https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com : Fields of Honour Foundation, The Netherlands
-https://www.tracesofwar.com/themes/16/Crashsites-B-24-Liberator.htm
-https://www.americanairmuseum.com
-https://www.bundesarchiv.de : Bild 101l-638-4208A-25 Foto Hagen 1943
-Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI1028, photo gunner
Database AAM