44-50536 One Weakness
Object Number - UPL 22916 - Consolidated Liberator B-24M 44-50536 'One Weakness' 68BS, 44BG, 8AF.
Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF prior to Mar-45. Returned to Zone of the Interior (ZI) 22-May-45. Scrapped at Kingman AAF Arizona 2-Jan-46.
Crew for return to US:
1st Lt William Warner Pilot
1st Lt Dudley Drake CoPilot
1st Lt Robert Kay Nav
T/Sgt Oscar Richardson Eng
T/Sgt Albert Leibner Radio
S/Sgt Robert Swegel Tail Gun
S/Sgt Clifford Bengston Top Turret Gun
S/Sgt Antonio Scorpio Waist Gun
S/Sgt Keith Sprenger Waist Gun
Plus eleven Passengers
Connections
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Returned ZI |
United States | 22 May 1945 | Returned to Zone of the Interior (ZI) 22-May-45. |
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Other Scrapped |
Kingman, AZ, USA | 2 January 1946 | Scrapped at Kingman AAF Arizona 2-Jan-46. |
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Manufactured |
Willow Run, Ypsilanti Charter Twp, MI 48198, USA | Built by Consolidated. | |
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Delivered |
Michigan, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Shipdham, UK | Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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The 44th Bomb Group in World War II: The Flying Eight-Balls Over Europe in the B-24 by Ron Mackay & Steve Adams.