Service File · AircraftUnknown329th Bombardment SquadronCrashed
XX-XX939
Serial
XX-XX939
Tail Code
RE
Radio Call
I · Item
Catalogued Missions
1
The Ship
Liberator 939, piloted by Lt. Gomer J. Sneddon, suffered a tire blow-out during takeoff for the March 3, 1944 Oranienburg mission, locking the controls; the aircraft swerved off the runway into woods near the Hardwick bomb dump and exploded, killing three crew members.
Data plate.
§ Record of Type
Version
Unknown
Sortie log.
1 flight · oldest first
Date
Target
Type
Pilot · Crew
18 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Penn · 6 aboard
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Sources.
§ Provenance
Carroll (Cal) Steward · Nebraska Printing Center · 2007
Published