456th Bomb Group 

Group History: Aircraft Losses 

This list was started by Albert Couture, and uses information gathered from the 456th history book and other sources, as well as the 456th newsletters that have been published. There are many names that have not yet been added and still several "holes" to fill in with missing a/c numbers, dates, locations, etc. If you can supply any information or data for this list, please send it along to me, Use the "contact" link at the page bottom. Thanks to all who are continuing to contribute to this list.

SQDN.   PILOT  AIRCRAFT NAME SER NO.   DATE CAUSE    LOCATION MACR
             
745 Eidson   42-52315 2/17/1944 Flak Monte Porzio Canto 2489
747 Bessler   42-52286 2/17/1944 Fighter Foggia, It 3078
745 Feld Paper Doll 42-52330 3/19/1944 Flak Klagenfurt 3256
744 Terrell Miss Zeke 42-52276 4/2/1944 Fighter Ostaria 3365
745 Lassiter*** Raunchy But Right 41-29312 4/3/1944 No Fuel  Crashed 4 mi. from runway N/A
745 Richards Baby Dumpling 42-52217 4/12/1944 Fighter Bad Voslau 3920
745 Walker Miss Fit 41-28635 4/12/1944 Fighter Bad Voslau 4085
745 Meyer   00-00292 4/12/1944 Unknown Bad Voslau unk
747 Miller SkyGazer 42-52309 4/16/1944 Fighter Gyer, Hungary  
744 Goza   44-40493? 4/16/1944 Flak Hungary 6438
745 Grimm Flying Flivver 42-52345 4/21/1944 Flak Metkovic, Rum 4190
747 Mapa* Nancy Ann 41-29311 4/21/1944 Flak/Ftr Base/scrapped  
747 Wallace   42-99772 4/21/1944 Flak Semlin, Rum 4388
746 Townsend* Towney's Tavern 42-52231 4/23/1944 Fighter Bágyogszovát-SW1 4389
747 Haviland New Men/Old Men 41-28661 4/23/1944 Fighter Breitnau unk
744 Desperock Leap Year Lady 42-52214 4/25/1944 Flak Ditch/AD 5640
745 Wages Calamity Jane 42-64475 5/4/1944 MF Ditch/AD tng
745 Peterson Taboo 42-64499 5/5/1944 Jumper Ploesti-(Garcia Hit) 4749
746 Beck* Deuces Wild 42-52222 5/5/1944 Flak Ploesti 4713
746 Lehner* Yo-Yo* 42-78235 5/5/1944 Flak Ploesti 4886
746 Manlove* Curly Top 42-64492 5/10/1944 Flak/MF Zut, Croatia unk
746 Bowering Squat N Drop It 42-52189 5/10/1944 Flak Nienburg 4745
747 Jennings Fat Ass 42-52287 5/10/1944 Flak Rettenegg 4845
747 Aschmann   41-28633 5/10/1944 Fighter Wiener-Neustadt 4715
747 Clark   41-28894 5/10/1944 Flak Wiener-Neustadt 5469
744 Van Dyke Blue Booties 42-94872 5/23/1944 MAC Base unk
744 Jackson* Sleepy Time Gal* 42-94752* 5/23/1944* MAC* Base* unk*
744 Jackson* Salvo Susie* 42-94799** 5/23/1944* MAC* Base* unk*
744 Jones   42-52291 5/24/1944 Flak Tirana 4915
744 Hillman Big Stud 42-52268 5/31/1944 Flak Ploesti 8529
744 Griffin   41-28817 6/13/1944 Flak Kufstein 8530
744 Dengler   41-29285 6/13/1944 Flak Ditch/S Venice 5858
746   Purple Shaft 00-00489 6/13/1944 Flak Base/scrapped unk
746 Miller Skygazer 42-52309 6/16/1944 Fighter Galanta unk
746 Goza   44-40493 6/16/1944 Flak Koprivaiza 6019
744 Field Madam Zig Zag 42-52233 6/26/1944 Fighter Nagyacsád, in one of the village's streets1 6435
746 Gullick Belle of the Brawl 41-28638 6/26/1944 Fighter Unterloisdorg 6427
745 Luther Rackenjamer 42-52275 6/26/1944 Flak landed Foggia/salv  
744 Jones Emperor Jones 42-51077 7/2/1944 Flak Fighter1 Pusztaszabolcs (Budapest-SW)1 6439
744 Huls Hot an Bothered 42-52295 7/2/1944 Flak Fighter1 at the village of Gyúró, on the 'Kuldói-round' hump (Budapest-W,SW)1 6438
744 Powell   41-28947 7/2/1944 Flak Fighter1 Szalkszentmárton (Budapest-S)1 6442
744 Whittaker Jean 42-99799 7/2/1944 Flak Fighter1 Sárosd (Budapest-SW)1 6440
744 Hendrickson   42-78072 7/2/1944 Fighter Etyek (Budapest-W)1 6445
745 Hutchins   42-64487 7/2/1944 Fighter Kajászó-N, 1 mile (Budapest-W,SW)1 6441
746 Kripinsky Merrily 42-52187 7/2/1944 Flak Crashed at Base  
745 Sagert   42-78275 7/15/1944 Flak Graz 6908
744 Hill   42-78421 7/17/1944 Flak Castries 6687
747 Newhouse Bear Baby 42-64470 7/20/1944 Flak INT/Switz 6870
744 Eide Judy Ann 42-64501 7/21/1944 MAC Zuirka 10721
746 Brooks Porky 42-78306 7/21/1944 MAC Teplitz-Schonau 6947
744 Dunbar   44-40925 7/28/1944 Flak Draganesti, Rum 7121
746 Skober Second Hand Rose 44-40487 8/10/1944 MF Rapotove 7466
746 Winn     8/15/1944 T.O. Base/ TO Crash  
745 Walker Big Butch 42-78203 8/17/1944 Flak Gaesti, Rum 7672
746 Scott Ice Cold Katie 42-78477 8/21/1944 Flak Dragonia,Yugo  
746 Goodall Never Had It Better 42-78256 8/22/1944 Flak Steinbirn 8006
746 Smith Lassie Come Home II 42-64480 8/22/1944 Flak Opava 10001
746 Shereda Arkansas Joe 42-78594 8/28/1944 Flak Molveno unk
746 Dunavant   42-51565 9/1/1944 Flak Debrecen, (Kettöshegy - 'Double-hill'), close to Monostorpályi road1 8758
747 Maupin Alice 42-94777 9/20/1944 Flak Brod (Malacky - Adriatic) 8755
744 Tawes   42-78407 9/22/1944 Flak Otterfing, Ger 8755
747 Spinning O'Reilly's Datter 42-50904 9/22/1944 MF Ditch/AD 8930
744 Bruce   44-41148 10/4/1944 Flak Feldmoching 8948
744 Vogel   42-78319 10/7/1944 Flak Ditch/AD 9040
745 Major Reluctant Beaver 42-78239 10/13/1944 Flak Chbie 9050
746 Blumhagen   42-78201 10/16/1944 MF Ditch/AD 9201
746 Hausen Gallopin Ghost 41-28934 10/20/1944 Flak San Bergano 9214
747 Dickie   41-28768 10/20/1944 MF Ditch/AD 9213
747 Chapin Jenny 41-28912 11/5/1944 Flak Mitrovice 9599
744 Klobucher   44-40623 11/11/1944 WEA Ditch/AD 9674
744 Lock Lock's Luckies 42-51979 11/11/1944 WEA Ditch/AD 9691
745 Cerniway   42-51718 11/11/1944 WEA Ditch/AD 9692
745 Smith Lady Patricia 42-51672 11/16/1944 MF C/L Switz 9798
744 Lee   42-78636 12/2/1944 Flak Luajy 10032
747 Gabriel Flak Happy 42-78328 12/2/1944 MF Between Gellér and Nagymegyer1 10033
744 Scarborough   44-41208 12/2/1944 Flak Kijaci,Yugo  
746 Parkinson Gin Rae 42-51214 12/11/1944 Flak Bosonska 10362
746 Dupree Miss Laid 42-51678 12/11/1944 Flak Vienna, Aus 10400
746 Kennedy   42-51548 12/11/1944 Flak Zsigard 10363
747 Eldridge   42-51687 12/11/1944 Flak Djurdjevac 10372
744 Yuryan Wing And A Prayer 44-40876 12/16/1944 Flak Housenberg 10491
745 Dittmeir   41-29549 12/16/1944 Flak Kladno 10611
747 McMinn   41-28964 12/16/1944 MF Steckin 10610
745 List   42-51143 12/26/1944 Flak Oswiecim 10733
747 Baron   42-78345 12/26/1944 Flak Tiszasas, in Soviet zone1 10705
745 Mask Sugar Baby 42-51715 1/15/1945 MF Öcsöd-E, (near Szarvas)1 11292
745 McQuown   42-78393 1/31/1945 OOF Olivia 11829
747 Nichols   42-78225 1/31/1945 Flak Cattaro,YU  
746 Elmore   44-49427 2/7/1945 Flak Tazar 12142
744 Black   42-51919 2/13/1945 Flak Taszár, airport, crash-landed1 12116
747 Sugden   44-10568 2/27/1945 Flak Augsburg, Ger 12247
746 Trepte   42-51688 2/28/1945 Flak Bressannone 12476
747 Cartwright   42-95313 2/28/1945 Flak Innachin 12480
746 Buckler   44-50480 3/15/1945 OOF Dombóvár, Tüske-field1 12942
746 Thomas   42-51717 3/23/1945 Flak Enns 13252
747 Hauptly Lady Corinne 44-40485 3/23/1945 Flak Pécs, airport1 13250
747 Edmondson   44-41108 3/25/1945 MF Kolin 13263
746 Friday   44-50392 3/26/1945 Flak Bari/crash landing  
746 Mesimer   44-50382 4/25/1945 MF Győr (Győr is in Hungary not in Austria.)1 14037

* Conflict in history book but believed to be Salvo Susie.

** S/N may be 42-99799

***Information from Roy A. Lassiter, Aug. 2002. B-24 J, A/C No. 129312. Assigned to me at Hamilton Field, CA in Dec. 1943 for 745th Sqd, 456th Bomb Group, 304th Wing, 15th Air Force. Aircraft crashed April 3, 1944, (returning from a bombing mission to Budapest, Hungary) 4 miles north of "Newbox" runway after losing 3 engines at about 700 ft. Serious injuries but all survived. Heavy damage to aircraft. Ran out of fuel with runway in sight. We named it" Raunchy But Right". It was a total loss and scraped. ED MOORE was crew chief. Roy A. Lassiter AO-745912 

1    This information, including correct spelling and other details about the crash locations of 456th aircraft in Hungary, was provided by Gabor Horvath. Some more information from Gabor: When 42-51715 crashed at Öcsöd-E, it cut the main (underground) water-pipe of the village of Öcsöd, with one of its wings, which went into the soil quite deep, just like a 'knife'.
    All planes on July 2, 1944 were shot down by either the 101. (Hungarian) "Puma" fighter groups', or the German JG.302's Me-109G fighters at South-West of Budapest.
    The last crash of the 456th at Győr on April 25, 1945 happened 21 days (3 weeks) after the end of the war in Hungary (April 4, 1945), when the fights were over on Hungary's (recent) territory.

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