41-29482 Satchel Lass

media-15906.jpeg UPL 15906 B-24H-15-CF, serial number 41-29482

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Object Number - UPL 15906 - B-24H-15-CF, serial number 41-29482

Landing collision on ground at Lavenham with B-24 42-52745 of 838th BS, 30 May 1944. No fatalities.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11010853
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner and Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14160025
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 30413154
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer and Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Revisions

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ContributorBill Morris
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ContributorBill Morris
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ContributorIWMPM
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487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/collision_30may1944.shtml

'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9

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