41-28784

Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Berlin, generator problems soon after take off compromised electrical system, on return leg noted fuel shortage, preparations for ditching carried out. Plane ditched in North Sea. 7 x RTD, 5 x KIA. 9 x crew rescued by Royal Navy motor launch 498, 2 x crew died after rescue. 29-Apr-44. MACR 5473.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12079592 / O-735163
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator Dead Reckoning
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14084140
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-437192
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Operations Officer / Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-688513
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37135298
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

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Ditched

North Sea 29 April 1944 Shot down 29-Apr-44. Plane ditched in North Sea. 7 x RTD, 5 x KIA.

Other

Assigned

Hethel, Norwich NR14, UK 29 April 1944 Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

Manufactured

San Diego, CA, USA Built at Douglas.

Delivered

California, USA Delivered to USAAF.

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Corrected serial number

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ContributorLibfan
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The entry http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/807 is incorrect. 41-28764 was a 15th AF Pathfinder variously assigned to 376BG, 459BG and latterly, the 455BG. The correct serial for the 392BG aircraft coded YO-F is 41-28784. The evidence can be seen on the photograph on page 15 of Peter Bodle's LIBERATORS IN ENGLAND IN WORLD WAR II (Images of War, Pen and Sword 2008). The image is backed by the 8th Air Force research of Tom Brittan (decd) and my own B-24 research. A scan of the image is available by contacting me. The serial shown against each crew member in the entry requires correction also. The MACR 5473 also shows the correct serial to be 41-28784. Built as a standard H, after assignment to the 8AF, the aircraft was modified as a Pathfinder (lead radar aircraft) and carried the designator 'HSH' rather than just 'H' as originally built.

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 5473 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database