The story of B-24 bomber Harmful Lil Armful n°42-7754 of the 448th Bomb Group - 8th Air Force
by Pierre-Baptiste Castandet
December 31, 1943. Nine airmen. A perilous mission from which they would not all return!
Discover the true story of the American B-24 bomber Harmful Lil Armful and its crew from the 448th Bomb Group, of the 8th Air Force, from their departure on the mission to the crash at Queyrac (in Gironde), and then the fate of the airmen: deaths, captures, escapes, and return to freedom.
In the skies over war-torn Europe, the crew of the American B-24 Harmful Lil Armful with the serial number 42-7754 takes off from the airfield at Seething, England, for its second mission. On board: nine young American airmen. For them, this day was supposed to be just another mission among many others. Yet it would change their fate ...
Discover the true story of Lt. Philip J. Chase's crew, from their mission on December 31, 1943, to the crash of their B-24H bomber, and then to the captures, escapes, and fates of these men after their fall in southwestern France.
Through archives, testimonies, photographs, and relics recovered from the field, this site retraces step by step the journey of these nine American airmen.
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