William O Shank
Military
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FRE 6566
Ground personnel of the 100th Bomb Group extinguish the burning wreckage of a B-24 Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group that has crashed at Thorpe Abbotts. Written on slide casing: '445 BG Co Thorpe Abbotts, 6/4/45.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Was Pilot of B-24 # 44-48854 of 445th BG/ 701st BS when it crashed attempting to land at Thorpe Abbotts on 6 April 1945.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Unnamed
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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Sources
Birsic / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia