B-24 Crash

B-24 Wing Explode.. Bombs?

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Autos & Vehicles

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• aviation
• bomber
• b-24

[raf1231D]

I know the specific of the incident cuz my Dad was in the B-24 following & about 500 ft higher. I've a copy of the mission rpt , the MACR (missing air crew rpt), talked w/members of my Dad's crew & met/talked w/the Bombardier in the B-24 flying in front of the BRIEF. I all the footage & stills of the incident retrieved from the Nat. Archives and additional eye-witness reports. Lt. Custer & my Dad were in the same class & shipped out together. It was a flak shell and I have all the proof.

[twinstu50]

This B-24M-15-CO , Serial number 44-42058 was with the USAAF 7thAF, 494th BG (H), 867th BS.

It was named 'Brief' (or ) 'The Brief'.

It took off from the island of Angaur, (part of the Palau group of islands) , on a mission targeting Japanese Anti-Aircraft positions located on KOROR, on May 4th, 1945. It was shot down by Flak./A.A

The wreckage lies just south of Koror at position 7', 20'N 134', 29E.

[woofdogmeow]

all you need to do is look at the wings skin it bends up and the peels back this indicates it was a flak hit from below. a bomb would have bent the panel down not up.

[holyjoe722]

@raf1231D Actually, there are only 10 crew standard on a B-24 (4 officers & 6 enlisted): Pilot, Co-pilot, Navigator, Bombardier, Flight Engineer/Top Turret, Nose Gunner, Ball (belly) Turret, Tail Gunner, and 2 Waist Gunners. On occasion, additional officers would ride along for inspection purposes but this was not a daily occurrence. If this flight was carrying 11, the 11th would have been along solely for observation and not considered crew.

[hatebreederish]

Great..

[NutzerYOu]

that was not a bomb that was a non explode flag grenade

[TheLimbReaper]

@GhostofCicero I'd be looking up that evil wife and her family for those photo's.

[crpdst2003]

reccomend Stephen Ambrose's "Wild Blue Yonder" has alot of info of incidents and history of B-24 crews...glory hounds were the 18's 5000 more were made, they were capable of over 300 mph and carried much more of a load....closing mid Atlantic gap was critcal and it took B-24's to do that...;.B-29's were barely operational and full of bugs... we couldn't wait for them...

[GhostofCicero]

I used to have a box full of photos taken at this base. Photos of the bomber's nose art, the airmen etc. I left it with my Dad when I moved. Unfortunately when he died his evil wife took everything so they are probably lost forever.

[raf1231D]

@michaelwright999 the plane carried a crew of 11. Only 1 parachute was seen exiting the aircraft. According to common knowledge on the island, 4 crew members were in the plane when it fell, 2 were found dead in the wreckage, 2 were thrown clear into the water alive & unconscious. There is a mass grave in the Long Island National Cemetery, Farmington, NY containing the remains recovered from a pit on Koror & identified as the 11 crewmen of the 'brief".