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Insignia for 566th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group based at Hethel.
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Technical Sergeant John R Keller poses for a photo next to B-24J Liberator "44-40439" "Shady Lady" (389th BG / 566th BS) at BAD-2 Warton.
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Sack Warmer crew post mission
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Hugh V. Anderson crew Hethel December 1944
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OLE BUCKSHOT B-24J 42-50739
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Paul E. Damaske 1925-2002
Made return flight home on "Ole Buckshot" B-24J #42-50739 call sign M plus on 25 May 1945, commanded by pilot 1st Lt. John L Brawley and copilot 1st Lt. George G Revelle. Navigator 1st Lt. Wallace L Anderson; Radio Operator T/Sgt. Tunis M Muster; Flight Engineer T/Sgt. Joseph A Kruk; gunners S/Sgt Paul E Damaske, S/Sgt William R Hako, S/Sgt Carroll R Noackson and S/Sgt Carol N Anderson.
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Brown Air Crew - 1st row (squatting) L-R: Ernest Brown (P), Bartin(?), Frank R. Dawson, Charles J. Henke. 2nd row L-R: Floyd S. Collins, Elmer R. Olson, Robert J. Mueller, Jr., Alton Reed, William B. Chastain.
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1Lt. Ernest Rowland Brown
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2Lt. Ernest Rowland Brown
Constituted 566th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 Dec. 1942. Activated on 24 Dec. 1942. Inactivated on 13 Sept. 1945. Campaigns: Air Offensive, Europe; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater. Stations: Davis-Monthan Field, Ariz., 24 Dec 1942; Biggs Field, Tex., 1 Feb 1943; Lowry Field, Colo., 19 Apr.-1 June 1943; Hethel, England, 16 June 1943-ca. 28 May 1945 (operated from Benghazi, Libya, 3 July-25 Aug. 1943; Massicault, Tunisia, 19 Sept.-3 Oct. 1943).
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The 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943...
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Stations
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 389th Bomb Group
35 missions July 2, 1944 accident on runway in B24 #42-50378. 10 RTD. Rowbottom crew.
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
After bombs away on a mission to Friedrichshafen, GR on 16 Mar 1944, B-24J #42-100332 'Galloping Katie' was forced to feather and engine and losing altitude and landed in Switzerland. Interned.
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Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 November 1944 in B-24 #44-10579 'Pugnacious Princess Pat', Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944 in B-24J #42-100375. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Uklei on 6/21/44 in B-24 #42-95145, Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Rudolph Anchondo took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the bombing mission to Ploesti, Romania, flying the B-24D Liberator, 42-40738 ,named, Fightin' Sam
He was shot down in the B-24D, 42-40738, named, Fightin' Sam, killed in Action (KIA). 5 Dec, 43.
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Military | Sergeant | Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
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Military | Captain | Observer | 389th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Surburg in B-24 #4250511
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Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 389th Bomb Group
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
After bombs away on a mission to Friedrichshafen, GR on 16 Mar 1944, B-24J #42-100332 'Galloping Katie' was forced to feather and engine and losing altitude and landed in Switzerland. Interned.
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Aircraft
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B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Bremen, A/C severely hit by flak crew baled out 20-Dec-43. 10 x POW. MACR 1972.
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B-24 Liberator
On 7 July 1944, B-24 #4128824 'Sackwarmer' was involved in a mid air collision and crashed near Brumby, Germany.
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B-24 Liberator
Correct MACR is 14638
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B-24 Liberator
The B-24D-80-CO Liberator Bomber, 42-40619, named 619, was in the 566th Bomb Squadron, the 389th Bomb Group, the "Sky Scorpions", and the 8th Air Force, flown by Capt. Emery Ward and Maj. John Brooks, and participated in the low level Ploesti, Romania...
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B-24 Liberator
The B-24D Liberator, 42-40706, Tondelao, was in the 566th Bomb Squadron, in the 389th Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force, (TDY) to the 9th Air Force, in North Africa, to fly on the Ploesti oil refinery mission, piloted by Cecil J. Whitener, and returned...
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Citations
Distinguished Unit Citation: Ploesti, Romania, 1 Aug 1943.