Jimmie D Tate

Military

Damaged by fighters and landed in Sweden on 6/20/44 in B-24 "Say When" 44-40103.

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A Swedish soldier guards the nose of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40103) nicknamed "Say When" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed near Malmö, Sweden. First handwritten caption on reverse: '440103, Say When, 20/6/44.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'Nose gunner pinned in and believed dead. Was very much alive and bitter cold.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Say When
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Father

22 May 1922 - 30 April 2001 This is my father, updating his records

Other

Interned

20 June 1944 System info

Revisions

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These are actual facts from system and my father to update his correct name from Tete to Tate

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MACR 7072

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR7072