| Caption | Returning from Vienna, Austria, B-24H Liberator “Scrappy” with the 725th Bomb Squadron trails smoke and is losing altitude east of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 22 Aug 1944. The plane crashed near Zdenci, Yugoslavia ww2dbase | |||||
| Photographer | Norman Phillips | |||||
| Source | ww2dbasePhillips Family Collection | |||||
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| Photo Size | 2,729 x 2,148 pixels | |||||
| Photos on Same Day | 22 Aug 1944 | |||||
| Photos at Same Place | Zdenci, Yugoslavia | |||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||
| Licensing | Used with Permission Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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2. Louis Worsthorn says:
1 Oct 2019 07:56:24 PM
My father Lt. Robert Worsthorn was the pilot of this plane when it was damaged by "ack-ack" during a Vienna bomb run the on August 22nd 1944 and ditched over the former Yogoslavia. MACR 8005. The crew bailed out when the plane couldn't maintain altitude. He got back to Italy, flew some more missions, and made it home. Some were captured and survived German POW camps.
1 Oct 2019 07:56:24 PM
My father Lt. Robert Worsthorn was the pilot of this plane when it was damaged by "ack-ack" during a Vienna bomb run the on August 22nd 1944 and ditched over the former Yogoslavia. MACR 8005. The crew bailed out when the plane couldn't maintain altitude. He got back to Italy, flew some more missions, and made it home. Some were captured and survived German POW camps.
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| WW2-Era Place Name | Zdenci, Yugoslavia |
| Lat/Long | 45.6792, 17.1227 |
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This photo was taken moments before USAAF Photo 54764A.C. This photo was taken by Lt Norman Phillips who was navigator on another bomber. The official caption for USAAF Photo 54764A.C. lists the date as 13 Oct 1944 but the plane was lost two months before that (s/n 41-28816; MACR 8005).