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Louis S Green

Military

Killed in service 29 December 1943. Accident in A/C #42-5791 'Ruthless' flying through overcast, plane crashed into a mountain while on a non-operational mission, ferrying selected members of two 95th BG, 334th BS crews to R&R at The Palace Hotel in Southport.

Service

Units served with

  • 95th Bomb Group

    95th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...

  • 334th Bomb Squadron

    334th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 42-5791 'Ruthless'

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Long Beach 31/1/43; Salina 14/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Brookley 27/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-E] Horham 19/4/43; 412BS [QW-S]; 5m, transferred AFSC 6/43; on personnel ferry to Southport 29/12/43 with Alden Witt, Co-pilot: Bill Gaffney,...

Events

Event Location Date
Killed in Service (KIS) North Wales 29 December 1943
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
O-661620
Highest rank
Captain
Role/job
On Board ; Passenger
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
18 July 2020 23:17:13 jmoore43 Changes to events
Sources

Changed label for the Died event to "Killed in Service (KIS)" per info in the "Summary biography".
Date Contributor Update
09 June 2020 00:25:34 gwgrove Changes to biography
Sources

Accident Report #179, 95th BG Operational Record, AFHRA Microfilm Reel B0187
Date Contributor Update
09 June 2020 00:16:51 gwgrove Changes to service number and biography
Sources

95th BG Operational Records, AFHRA Microfilm Reel B0187 (Special Orders #207, Paragraph #1, dtd 21 Dec 1943 & #213, Paragraph #9, dtd 28 Dec 1943), Accident Report #179
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:19:21 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol. I, p. 443

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