Bob Howard Lovely

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 846BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) St. Lo, France in B-24 42-94905 'Censored'; shot down by flak and crashed near St Lo. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7915



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.

489th Bomb Group

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

People

Edwin Arthur Florcyk

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06975673 / O-790501
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

An airman of the 489th Bomb Group with the nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94905) nicknamed "Censored".

42-94905

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Censored
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Burbank, OK 8 June 1923 Son of Harris H and Nina Thelma 'Toots' [Hair] Lovely.

Died

Saint Lo, France 24 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) St. Lo, France in B-24 42-94905 'Censored'; shot down by flak and crashed near St Lo. KIA MACR 7915

Based

Evaded

Halesworth 24 July 1944 Assigned to 846BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 13 Grave 2 Basse-Normandie, France

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7915 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database