William O Shank

Military
Ground personnel of the 100th Bomb Group extinguish the burning wreckage of a B-24 Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group that has crashed at Thorpe Abbotts. Written on slide casing: '445 BG Co Thorpe Abbotts, 6/4/45.' media-395384.jpg FRE 6566 Ground personnel of the 100th Bomb Group extinguish the burning wreckage of a B-24 Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group that has crashed at Thorpe Abbotts. Written on slide casing: '445 BG Co Thorpe Abbotts, 6/4/45.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 6566 - Ground personnel of the 100th Bomb Group extinguish the burning wreckage of a B-24 Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group that has crashed at Thorpe...

Was Pilot of B-24 # 44-48854 of 445th BG/ 701st BS when it crashed attempting to land at Thorpe Abbotts on 6 April 1945.

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A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

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Ground personnel of the 100th Bomb Group extinguish the burning wreckage of a B-24 Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group that has crashed at Thorpe Abbotts. Written on slide casing: '445 BG Co Thorpe Abbotts, 6/4/45.'

44-48854

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Unnamed
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

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Linked to # 44-48854

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

William O Shank: Gallery (3 items)

An ambulance of the 100th Bomb Group attends to crew of a burning B-24 Liberator of the 445th that crashed whilst attempting to land at Thorpe Abbotts. Written on slide casing: 'Crash at Thorpe Abbotts, 6/4/45.'

Object number: FRE 6565 - An ambulance of the 100th Bomb Group attends to...

Ground personnel of the 100th Bomb Group extinguish the burning wreckage of a B-24 Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group that has crashed at Thorpe Abbotts. Written on slide casing: '445 BG Co Thorpe Abbotts, 6/4/45.'

Object number: FRE 6566 - Ground personnel of the 100th Bomb Group...

Ground personnel of the 100th Bomb Group extinguish the burning wreckage of a B-24 Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group that has crashed at Thorpe Abbotts. Written on slide casing: '445 BG Co Thorpe Abbotts, 6/4/45.'

Object number: FRE 6567 - Ground personnel of the 100th Bomb Group...