Oscar R Krebs

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media-25928.jpeg UPL 25928 Oscar Krebs, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25116

Object Number - UPL 25928 - Oscar Krebs, 93rd Bomb Group

While serving as Navigator on B-24D 41-23745 "Katy Bug' on 18-Nov-42 the aircraft sustained an engine failure on two engines and struck a tree when attempting a landing at Little Stukeley.4 crew members killed and the aircraft was salvaged on 27-Nov-1942. Lt. Krebs was uninjured and RTD.

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The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-23475

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Katy Bug
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

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Lee Cunningham 28-Nov-2014 Added RTD not to description.

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Lee Cunningham 28-Nov-2014. Edited description and added Place, AIrcraft and Mission associations per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Volume I by Bishop and Hey p. 47

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Object number: UPL 25928 - Oscar Krebs, 93rd Bomb Group