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Casualty Info
Home Town Chicago
Last Address Old Buckenham Station #144, England
Casualty Date Dec 27, 1944
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location United Kingdom
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery (VA) - St. Louis, Missouri
James Stewart, of film fame, was Group Executive Officer from March 1944 until September 1945.
Walter Matthau,Served in WWII as a B-24 Radioman, Gunner, and as a radio cryptographer with the 453rd Bomb Group.
Wing/Command Assignment
VIII BC, 2 BD, 20 CBW 23 Dec 1943
2 BD, 2 CBW 8 Jan 1944
2 AD, 2 CBW 1 Jan 1945
Combat Aircraft:
B-24H
B-24J
B-24L
B-24M
Stations
OLD BUCKENHAM 23 December 1943 to 9 May 1945
Group COs
Col Joseph A. Miller: 29 Jun. 1943 - 18 Mar. 1944, MIA
Col Ramsey D. Potts Jr: 19 Mar. 1944 - 6 Jul. 1944
Col Lawrence M. Thomas 7 Jul. 1944 - 25 Jan. 1945
Lt Col Edward F. Hubbard 25 Jan. 1945 - May 1945
First Mission: 5 Feb 1944
Last Mission: 12 Apr 1945
Missions: 259
Total Sorties: 6,655
Total Bomb Tonnage: 15,804 Tons
Aircraft MIA: 58
Major Awards:
None
Claims to Fame
733rd BS completed 82 consecutive missions without loss a record.
James Stewart, of film fame, was Group Executive Officer from Mar. 44.
Early History:
Activated on the first of June. 1943 at Wendover Field, Utah. Established at Pocatello AAFd, Idaho, on 29th of July 1943 and trained there for two months. Moved to March Field, California on the 30th September 1943 to complete training. The ground echelon left March for port of embarkation on the 2nd December 1943.
Subsequent History:
Removed from operations on the 12 of April 1945 to prepare for return to US and possible deployment to the Pacific theater. Aircraft apparently remained in UK. Group personnel left Old Buckenham on the 9th of May 1945. Established at New Castle AAFd, Del. 25 May 1943 as very heavy bomb group but the project was cancelled. From 18 June 1945 to 12 September 1945 the Group was located at Fort Dix AAB, NJ., and was Inactivated on the 12 Sep. 1945.
