42-100332 Gallloping Katie

A B-24 Liberator (RR-E+, serial number 42-100332) nicknamed "Galloping Katie" of the 389th Bomb Group makes a forced landing in Switzerland with a damaged engine, 16 March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '16/3/44, 202. 201/RF WDLOV, 389BG, B-24, Limping into Switzerland and skidding to a stop. Galloping Katie skids in Dübendorf airfield, Switzerland, 16/3/44.' media-414010.jpg FRE 7925 A B-24 Liberator (RR-E+, serial number 42-100332) nicknamed "Galloping Katie" of the 389th Bomb Group makes a forced landing in Switzerland with a damaged engine, 16 March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '16/3/44, 202. 201/RF WDLOV, 389BG, B-24, Limping into Switzerland and skidding to a stop. Galloping Katie skids in Dübendorf airfield, Switzerland, 16/3/44.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7925 - A B-24 Liberator (RR-E+, serial number 42-100332) nicknamed "Galloping Katie" of the 389th Bomb Group makes a forced landing in Switzerland with a...

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Dübendorf, Switzerland 16 March 1944 Interned in Switzerland Lost two engines on the way to Friedrichshafen. August M. Snyder Crew

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

"Strangers In A Strange Land - Volume II" - Heins-Heiri Stapfer/Gino Kunzle
page 12

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 3248 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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