44-40247 Shoot Fritz, Youve Had It

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

Missions

394

  • Date: 6 June 1944
  • Official Description:

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

England 6 June 1944

Revisions

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Contributorphil marchese
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B24bestweb.com

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B24bestweb 44-40242.

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B-24 ID MATRIX
PHIL MARCHESE

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ContributorGary Halada
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Corrected nickname at: http://www.389thbg.com/aircraft_list.htm

Also see https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/how-first-victims-of-d-day-neve… for a great accounting about the loss of this plane and my uncle (Stephen Sosnecke), the tail gunner.

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ContributorAlex-5872-dk
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www.b24bestweb.com via Stephen Adams and James Harrington.

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 7020 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database