44-6560 Puddin's Pride
452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Delivered Patterson 4/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 25/10/44 PUDDIN’S PRIDE; on Darmstadt mission 24/12/44 with Roger Caswell, Co-pilot: Ray Snyder, Navigator: Harry Keim, Bombardier: Don Borbee, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Melvin Harvey, Radio Operator: Bob Rose, Ball turret gunner: Hal Holland, Waist gunner: Earl Kidder, Waist gunner: Regis Malone,Tail gunner: Art Pearlstein (10 Returned to Duty); flak damage force landed Brussels; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; Sth Plains 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45. PUDDIN'S PRIDE.
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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
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner/Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36882282
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19161392
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Wright-Patterson AFB (FFO), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433, USA | 4 September 1944 | To USAAF. |
Manufactured |
Deopham Green, Wymondham, Norfolk NR18, UK | 25 October 1944 | to 452nd BG |
Other Battle damaged |
Brussels, Belgium | 24 December 1944 | On Darmstadt mission 24/12/44 flak damage force landed Brussels. 10 x RTD. |
Manufactured |
Bradley International Airport (BDL), Schoephoester Road, Windsor Locks, CT 06096, USA | 3 July 1945 | Returned to U.S. |