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701st Bomb Squadron

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  • The insignia of the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group.

    The insignia of the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group.

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  • B-24J-1-FO #42-7586

    B-24J-1-FO #42-7586 "God Bless Our Ship" Code: Q+ 445th BG - 701th BS. This a/c was hit by antiaircraft fire over the Spandau district of Berlin, and after eight members of the crew bailed out 1/LT. G. Lymburn landed the a/c on the Karwar Marshes 25 miles NW of Berlin on March 6, 1944. Lt. Lymburn and the tail gunner Sgt. Francesco Cittadino were aboard, the other crew members having bailed out over Berlin. Navigator Lt. Frank Serpico was KIA. In this photo German soldiers examine the wreckage. Handwritten caption on reverse: '445 BG, B-24 Shot down over Berlin 3/6/44.'

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  • Original document from my father's personal records of his military service.

    Original document from my father's personal records of his military service.

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  • Murwin Cook application for headstone

    Murwin Cook application for headstone

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  • Alvern G. Kovanes application for headstone

    Alvern G. Kovanes application for headstone

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  • Walter Priebe application for headstone marker

    Walter Priebe application for headstone marker

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  • T/Sgt Thomas J. Campana Sr. Radio Operator/Gunner, 701st Bomb Squadron 445th Bomb Group

    T/Sgt Thomas J. Campana Sr. Radio Operator/Gunner, 701st Bomb Squadron 445th Bomb Group

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  • "Due to collapsed nose wheel, this Consolidated B-24H crash landed at RAF base at Beccles, Suffolk, England. 14 July 1944 (Aircraft No. 42-95020)." 13-Jul-44: B-24H serial 42-95020 'Lonesome Lois' (coded MK-X+) of the 701st Bomb Sn, 445th Bomb Grp suffered a nose wheel collapse on landing with Lt Charles E Morgan's crew aboard.

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  • Close-Up of B-24H serial 42-95020 “Lonesome Lois” code MK-X+ of the 701st BS 445th BG 13-Jul-44. Nose wheel collapse at RAF Beccles.

    Close-Up of B-24H serial 42-95020 “Lonesome Lois” code MK-X+ of the 701st BS 445th BG 13-Jul-44. Nose wheel collapse at RAF Beccles.

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  • B-24H

    B-24H "Conquest Cavalier ", 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group, 8AF.

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  • 445th Bomb Group

    445th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 445th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Tibenham, Norfolk. The crews' first mission was bombing U-boat installations at Kiel on 13 December 1943. The Group continued to hit strategic targets in Germany, including the aircraft components factory...

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Stations

Station Location Date
Based Tibenham

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People

  • Frank Aaronson

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 445th Bomb Group

  • Marvin Abrams

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 445th Bomb Group
    Shot down in flames after fighter attacks and crashed near Einbeck, GR on a mission to Brunswick on 20 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7569 'Sky Wolf'. Killed in Action (KIA).

  • Henry Ahlin

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
    Shot down 11 December 1944 in B-24 #4250453. Killed in Action (KIA) AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

  • Roy Alberghini

    Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 445th Bomb Group

  • Edmund Alexanderwicz

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Armorer Gunner | 445th Bomb Group

  • Stanley Andersen

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 445th Bomb Group
    30 Missions completed Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross

  • John Anderson

    Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 445th Bomb Group
    Shot down 12 April 1944 in B-24 #42109807. Killed in Action (KIA) AM/ PH

  • Warren Anderson

    Military | Sergeant | Nose Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
    Warren Anderson was Nose Turret Gunner on board of B-24 42-51506 on the 27 February 1945 mission to the Halle Marshalling Yards, Germany. Crashed Betzenhausen, 1,5km NW of Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).

  • Sherman Andrews

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 445th Bomb Group
    Shot down 11 December 1944 in B-24 #4250453. Killed in Action (KIA). AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

  • John Antilla

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 445th Bomb Group

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Air Force
8th
Type
Combat
Type category
Bombardment
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Revisions

Date Contributor Update
10 April 2015 03:20:09 EMBLEMHUNTER Changes to media associations
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my photo
Date Contributor Update
13 March 2015 16:44:15 rossingtonj Changes to type
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Type added.
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:42:50 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

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