UPL 83843

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2LT John Hagen Birkenmeier, Navigator - #42-78594 MACR 11066 B-24 Shot down 28 Aug 1944, Crew Bailed Out Captured and Detained at Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 Liberated 1 May 1945

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Nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-94866) nicknamed "Red Hot Riding Hood" of the 490th Bomb Group at Eye. This aircraft was transferred to the 15th Air Force in December 1944, where it served with the 456th Bomb Group.

456th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

746th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

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https://www.fold3.com/memorial/664257576/john-h-birkenmeier/facts