Military
Standing left to right : - Alfred M Sanders -Pilot - Louisiana, Daniel M O'Connell - Bombadier - Maryland, Thomas Zobelein - Navigator - New York Fred A Morley - Co-Pilot - Illinois, Kneeling : - James R Sizemore - Turret Gunner - West Virginia, Autley B Smith - Nose Gunner - Mississippi, William Kozulak - Upper Gunner - New York, Louie Lujan - Waist Gunner - California, John H Lawrence - Radio Operator - Alabama, Robert C Swaffield - Tail Gunner - Ohio
Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, WWII Victory.
Group
The 486th Bomb Group flew both B-24s and B-17s, swapping from the former aircraft to the latter in late July 1944 after 49 missions. In total the Group flew 292 missions during the war and remarkably the 834th Bomb Squadron lost no aircraft or...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group, 8th AF USAAF.
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28 May 1944
Military site : airfield
Situated between the villages of Great Waldingfield and Acton, the airfield was used by the 486th Bomb Group from March 1944 to August 1945. Facilities for administrative offices for the Combat Wing were also made available here and along with barrack...
Crash site
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Lived in | Cleveland, Ohio, USA | 1940 |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Zagan, Poland | 28 May 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). |
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| Shot down / baled out | 06567 Bad Frankenhausen, Germany | 28 May 1944 |
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Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU. ' |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 29 April 2016 06:49:03 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:23:05 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5390 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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