42-52299 Hard T Get
Object Number - UPL 23027 - Shark Mouthed B-24H 42-52299 "Hard T' Get" 732BS, 453BG, 8AF.
Assigned to 732BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. Seriously damaged on the 6-Mar-44 mission to Berlin-Genshagen - ran off runway on return. Lost 1-Aug-44 mission to Montereau, France. Went down in the English Channel on return after the crew bailed out and abandoned it, on fire, over the Ashford area, Kent.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36418529
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803192
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34612358
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Old Buckenham, UK | 6 March 1944 | Seriously damaged on the 6-Mar-44 mission to Berlin-Genshagen - ran off runway on return. |
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Crashed |
English Channel | 1 August 1944 | Lost 1-Aug-44 mission to Montereau, France. Went down in the English Channel on return after the crew bailed out and abandoned it, on fire, over the Ashford area, Kent. |
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Manufactured |
Willow Run, Ypsilanti Charter Twp, MI 48198, USA | Built at Ford. | |
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Delivered |
Michigan, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Other Assigned |
Old Buckenham, UK | 1 August 1944 | Assigned to 732BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. |