8th Air Force, 453rd BG, 735 BG plane listings?

[Aquarock]

My Grandfather (Chris Christensen - turning 92 years young his December) flew in the 735 BG and I was looking to see if anyone knew where might be able to find a listing of all the planes, serial numbers, and even crew member listings out there? Possible photos as well? I've been searching the internet for quite sometime and haven't found to much on the 735 BG yet and hoping someone might have some more info or point me in the right direction.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! :-)

[Larry]

Firstly I'm sure you mean to say 735th Bomber Squadron, which together with 732nd BS,733rd BS and 734th BS were all part of the same Bomber Group. The Group flew B-24 Liberators and was part of the Second Air Division based at Old Buckenham, Norfolk.

Regarding aircraft listings the best is this site dedicated to the 453rd BG

http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/aprils...64/planes.html

I hope this helps

[Aquarock]

Yes my apologies on the squadron as I had a typo there. Thanks for the link and information Larry! It's greatly appreciated!

[FrankieS]

Here is another list of 735BS aircraft that were missing in action or with crew killed in action (MACR):

Date Loss, Type, serial, Name, Pilot, Crashplace, Country-Code

440204 B-24 41-28641 CEE GEE F
440721 B-24 41-29259 OUR BABY Cowgill Darmsheim D
440408 B-24 41-29571
440508 B-24 42-50327 Gypsy Queen Tündern ?Hildesheim D
450223 B-24 42-50715 BOISE BABE Carleton Rode - just east of Old Buck UK
450410 B-24 42-51089 Star Eyes Powell Jr Wittenberge D
440308 B-24 42-52175 PORTLAND ANNIE 1st Lt. Everett G. Ehrmann Den Oosterhuis NE of Balkbrug NL
440509 B-24 42-52186 Perro Arendonk BE
440306 B-24 42-52191 LILLIE BELLE North Sea
440409 B-24 42-52240 SE
440409 B-24 42-52244 BLACK JED SE
440712 B-24 42-52627 STOLEN MOMENTS Banias near Ensisheim F
440408 B-24 42-64453
440327 B-24 42-64478 CABIN IN THE SKY
440422 B-24 42-64490 CEE GEE II ?Jabborwacky near Southwold
440425 B-24 42-64496 Borsuk's Bitch Dübendorf CH
440508 B-24 42-94806 Mackey
440707 B-24 42-95048

bye,
FrankieS

[Alain57]

Hello ,

Here some info on aircraft who were lost in Belgium :
09/05/1944
Arendonk Belgium
B-24H-10-FO
Lt Glunz Adolf 6./JG 26 09H51
Belgian airfields (347)
42-52186 453BG/735BS
H6-
Old Buckenham
2nd Lt Perro Edward J. pilot 0-735813 (POW)
2nd Lt Christensen Chris W co-piloot 0-748363 ( POW )
2nd Lt Neeck Herman A bombardier 0-690811 ( POW )
2nd Lt Hall Robert Jr navigator 0-814300 ( KIA ) Buried Neupré Belgium
Sgt Grant James R btgnr 37240043 ( POW )
S/Sgt Norwood Kenneth F 39694406 ( POW )
T/Sgt Morgan Thomas H Jr radio 34504322 ( KIA )Buried Neupré Belgium ,parachute didn’t open
S/Sgt Marin William C rwgnr 35563471 ( KIA ) Indiana USA
Sgt Thomas Walter J lwgnr 19011555 ( KIA ) San Bruno Californië
S/Sgt Weidlich Roy H tgnr 12049894 ( KIA ) New-York USA

27/06/1944
Oostduinkerke
B-24H-25-FO
Pas-de-Calais-Airfields (435)
42-95233 453BG/732BS
E3-G
Old Buckenham
Cpt Baatz George L Jr piloot 0-742108 ( KIA ) Ohio
1st Lt Bartholemew Harry H 0-75179 bombardier ( KIA ) Florida buried Margraten Holland M/12/11
1st Lt Morrow Cletus E navigator 0-755231 navigator ( KIA ) Spokane Washington buried Margraten Holland N/22/7 -
Maj Kemp K Edward co-piloot 0-329382 Illinois ( KIA ) buried Margraten Holland 0/21/9
S/Sgt Boxman Howard F 15334542 ttgne ( KIA ) Indiana buried Margraten Holland P/11/4
T/Sgt Hathorne Clyde 34279645 radio ( KIA )Missouri buried Margraten Holland N/6/13
T/Sgt Bentley Lloyd 12044972 lwgnr ( KIA ) New-York buried Neupré Belgium C/27/19
S/Sgt Prazenica Joseph F rwgnr 3330142 ( KIA ) Pensylvania Holy Trinity Cemetry Ford City PA
T/Sgt Adee Gordon B 16056841 tgnr Wisconsin (4) ( POW )
1st Lt Coffenberry Jr Betram R gunner 0-692372 ( KIA ) Sacramento CA


17/10/1944
Malmédy
B-24H-30-FO
Flakdamage , crew bailed out
Köln(681)
42-95312 453BG/734BS
Lucky Penny II
Old Buckenham
Lofton William pilot
Florea " Joe " Bruce co-pilot
Lonigan Leonard navigator
Welch Thomas bombardier
Edwards " Eddy " Hilliard engineer
Miller johnie radio
Paulson Edward nosegunner
Pace Winford rwgnr
Gould Eldon tgnr
Stites Wilbur lwgnr
Rosenberg Edward special radio operator
Crew safe

02/11/1944
Turnhout
B-24H-10-CF
Crashed
Bielveld (698)
42-64469 453BG/735BS
H6-I
El Flako Aka Rainbow Godess
Old Buckenham
2nd Lt Isaksen Carl ( KIA ) pilot 0-715224 California , buried Neupré Belgium
2nd Lt Johnson Earl L co-pilot 0-829036 New-York ( KIA )
2nd Lt Vartanian Venig navigator ( KIA )
2nd Lt Rubin Malcolm H bombardier 0-780364 ( KIA )
Sgt Rakouska Robert L ntgnr 36659512 Illinois Neupré ( KIA )
Sgt Porrin Jr Robert L ttgnr ( KIA )
Sgt Brindgardner Jr Elvis W radio ( KIA )
Sgt Phillips James E lwgnr 34645238 South-Carolina ( KIA )
Sgt Steele Dewey D rwgnr 42023252 New-York Neupré ( KIA )
Sgt Dietrich James A tgnr 33708562 Allegheny County Pensylvania ( KIA ) Regards
Alain57