42-110091 Bold Venture
Object Number - UPL 49761 - ID's of the six Liberators in the photo on the Belfort Mission
The deputy lead ship of the 453rd BG was shot up by the Luftwaffe. Assumption is that the pilots were immediately killed, since the plane began flying aimlessly by itself. It veered into the path of the 492nd. Either Lt Cary of Bold Venture didn't see it coming or he couldn't react to it. The wandering ship collided into his, shearing off his wing. The plane remained aloft for a minute, then broke up into many pieces. Cary's navigator was the only man of the two crews that was able to bail out in time. Lost: 7 Jul 44, with Cary crew, in mid-air collision with 42-51144, a pathfinder from the 389th BG, being used as a deputy lead for the 453rd. It had been hit by GAF and went flying out of control, head on into Cary. The only survivor from the two planes was Cary's navigator.
9 KIA, 1 POW, MACR 7239
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Missions
- Date: 7 July 1944
- Date: 6 July 1944
- Date: 4 July 1944
- Date: 28 June 1944
- Date: 25 June 1944
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
7 July 1944 | Mid-air collision with 42-51144 (Cary), a pathfinder from the 389th BG, being used as a deputy lead for the 453rd. It had been hit by GAF and went flying out of control, head on into Cary. The only survivor from the two planes was Cary's navigator. 9 KIA, 1 POW, MACR 7239 | |
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Manufactured |
San Diego | Consolidated - San Diego, California | |
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Assigned |
North Pickenham | Assigned to 859 BS, 492nd BG | |
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Other Missions |
Total Missions with the 492nd BG: 30 Total WWII Missions: 30 |
Revisions
MACR 7239 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
