41-24236 Mr. 5x5
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UPL 22859
B-24D-25-CO #41-24295 "Wicked Witch" Code: J (foreground)
B-24D-25-FO #41-24236 "Mr. 5x5" Code: U (background): KIEFER IDENTIFIES THIS A/C # as 41-24234
44th BG - 506th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
B-24D-25-FO #41-24236 "Mr. 5x5" Code: U (background): KIEFER IDENTIFIES THIS A/C # as 41-24234
44th BG - 506th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
Norman Kiefer's history of Green-Nosed 8 Balls.
Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Bremen. Mid Air Collision with B-24 #501 tail damaged by prop damage, went into a spin and tail parted from fuselage. 10 x KIA. 26-Nov-43. MACR 1501.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-406217
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-681402
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-743297
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35474099
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Operation Tidal Wave |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Flown to Ploesti 1 Aug 43 by Maj. James Beam and was transferred to the 66th BS immediately following the Ploesti mission. |
Other Transferred |
Shipdham, UK | 2 August 1943 - 26 November 1943 | Transferred to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Crashed Mid Air Collision |
North Sea | 26 November 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Bremen. Mid Air Collision with B-24 #501 tail damaged by prop damage, went into a spin and tail parted from fuselage. 10 x KIA. 26-Nov-43. MACR 1501. |
Other Assigned |
Attlebridge, Norwich NR9, UK | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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