Donald R Sliff

Military

B-24H 42-52147 based at Old Buckenham, assigned target Brunswick, Germany. Shot down by fighters and crashed at Hassbergen, seven miles south east of Hoya/Weser in the direction of Anderten, Germany. Sliff one of six crew KIA. Other four POW.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-52147

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Pug
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

California, USA

Born

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 8 May 1944

Revisions

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Sources

'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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ABMC http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4593 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / The Liberator Men of Old Buc