George Cosentino

Military
A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb Group , Cottishall, December 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '798, CH. Crash, Cottishall, 12/43.' media-413577.jpg FRE 4893 A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb Group , Crashed at Coltishall, UK, 16 December 1943. 42-29733 SU-D, LOUISIANA PRUCHASE Battle damage, crash-landed (overshot) at RAF Coltishall due to battle damage. Two crewmembers were injured and the aircraft was a total loss. Handwritten caption on reverse: '798, CH. Crash, Cottishall, 12/43.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 4893 - A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb Group , Crashed at Coltishall, UK, 16 December 1943. 42-29733 SU-D, LOUISIANA PRUCHASE Battle...

December 16, 1943 B-17 # 42-29733 'Louisiana Purchase' Crash landed at RAF Coltishall on return from mission to Bremen. 10 RTD.



B-17G #42-32007 crashed N of Charleroi, Belgium after the crew baled out on a mission to Berlin on 4 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Louisiana Purchase
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 533rd Bomb Squadron 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 4 March 1944

Born

New York State

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 418, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 423 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2740 / MACR 2740, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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