Robert W McDonough

Military

On 5 Jan 1944 B-24H #42-64451. Upon landing in poor visibility and ice on runway, A/C ran off runway and crashed. INT Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 7/21/44 in B-24 Little Shepard #4128711

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The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.

448th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-28711

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Little Sheppard
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron

42-64451

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sequoia gal
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron

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I’m his granddaughter

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / SO#150, 6th Heavy Bomb.Proc HQ, Herington, Kansas 5 Nov 43 MACR 7251, 8th AF Losses