George David Reed

Military

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52432. Evaded (EVD). Escape & Evasion Report E&E 584 (NARA).

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Edward Walter Cisek

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11115616
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Bernard Arthur Jacobson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-123027
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Walter John Kita

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32205911 at enlistment, then T-001541
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Byron Ellsworth Logie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19071807 at enlistment, then O-807003
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Thomas Robert Murphy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32111635
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Aircraft

42-52432

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bachelor's Paradise
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Clarkston, Asotin County, Washington, United States, 27 May 1920

Enlisted

9 June 1942 Tacoma, Washington

Other

Evaded capture (EVD)

9 April 1944 - 25 April 1944 After landing at the edge of the village of Hårslev, 3km NE of Venslev, Denmark, he was helped to Roskilde. On 10 April, he took a taxi to Copenhagen. On 16 April he was put on a boat to Helsingborg, Sweden and contacted the British Legation. He arrived in Stockholm on 18 April and met a Military Air attaché. Left Stockholm by air on 25 April and landed in St Andrews, UK on the following day.

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 3838
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft card
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 584 (NARA)

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3838 / MACR 3838 & Page 281 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database