A B-24 called the Jere Linda

Hi,
I am looking for information on the Jere Linda, a B-24 in the 480th Antisubmarine Group, 2nd Antisubmarine Squadron.  The plane flew from Langley Field, Va. to St Eval, England and then to Craw Field, Port Lyautey, French Morocco.  My great-uncle Darol Sherburne was radarman on it.  Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
History Buff

Not much, but a start. Looks like the unit was the 2nd AAF Antisubmarine Squadron

 which was in the 480th Antisubmarine Group. 

Some Background Information here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2d_Antisubmarine_Squadron  
  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/480th_Antisubmarine_Group  
  

From the following link is the info on Sherburne:

http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/fillmore/cemeteries/mablecem.txt  
  

SHERBURNE  Darol M.	Mar. 15, 1916 - Sept. 4, 1943 	Stf. Sgt.  2 AAF Anti Sub Sq. WW II     

 

Hmmmm...
Neither John E Pryor, Jr  nor  Darol M Sherburne are in footnote.com, aviationarchaeology.com, accident-report.com or airforcehistoryindex.org.
 
Another crew member was apparently Thomas R Bartlett according to this:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/183581/thread/1025204157/last-1025204157/Anti-submarine+warfare

There is book, 
Stalking the U-boat : USAAF offensive antisubmarine operations in World War II / Max Schoenfeld  
This book has a lot of information on the 480th Antisubmarine Group. (You can see the TOC here:  (click on the "more" link to see the complete TOC)
http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/603330

 
I know that "Darden" is discusssed, along with the attack on the U-232 in July, 1943.  The individual names, e.g. Pryor and Sherburne are not in the book so crew rosters may not be included. You can do a limited "text search" off this link:
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002911899


This book can be found "used" quite cheaply on the web.  Search for the title.
 
Information on the U-232, (the boat the Jere Linda sunk on July 8 (July 6 in some sources), 1943) can be found on this link.  The sub was on its 1st war patrol and had not sunk any ships before it went down with all hands (46 men).  There is a link to the route of the sub which ends off Spain.
http://www.uboat.net/boats/u232.htm
Starting on page 176 on the link below is a dramatic description of the sinking.  The date given, July 6 is a typo, I believe it happened July 8.
http://www.uboatarchive.net/AAFHistoryCH3.htm

Daniel, thanks for the update and the information about the 4 Sept crash on your site.  Looks like we still don't know the serial number, all the crew names during the July 8 sub sinking or 4 Sept crash,  but many of the "blanks" have been filled in.

The wings looks to be the WWII Aircrew Badge.  Some info is here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircrew_Badge

I've been in contact with my cousin, Thomas R. Bartlett, Jr. the son of Thomas R. Bartlett who was killed on Sept. 4, 1943.  I'm compiling information in the hope of preparing a genealogical sketch of my cousin.  I was only a "wee lad" of 6 years when he was killed, but I do remember attending the funeral service that was held for him at some later time in his hometown of Berlin MA.  I found out from young Tom that his father was a co-pilot on the Jere Linda when it crashed somewhere off the coast of Morocco.  I would be interested in obtaining any additional details that might be available concerning not only this flight, but other events leading up to it.  The names of his fellow crew members and their hometowns would also be of interest to me.  
Parenthetically I might add that the U.S. government was unable to provide me with a copy of the incident report surrounding this casualty.  I feel badly that so many men and women sacrificed their lives on behalf of our nation, only to have the records of their heroic deed lost or destroyed (ref. fire in St. Louis, 1973) by the succeeding generations.
Bob B.
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Hi Everyone:
I forwarded a picture of the Jere Linda crew photo to another mutual cousin of mine and Thomas R. Bartlett by email.  To protect her privacy I will refer to this living cousin, simply as Kay (not her real name).  A couple of days later I spoke briefly with her on the phone.  My email to her contained no prompts, but merely asked if she recognized any person in the photo and if so, to indicate the relative position of any familiar figure.  On the phone call back to me, she made a very positive identification of Thomas R. Bartlett as the person kneeling in the leftmost position of the front row.  I believe her identification is reliable, since Kay is the sister-in-law of Thomas Bartlett, having been married to his younger brother throughout their lives.  She lived in the same town (Berlin, Massachusetts) and is the most knowledgeable person, now living who can attest to his identity.  On the phone I asked if perhaps the individual standing 3rd from the right in the back row could have been Tommy.  She was quick to reply that this person was not Tommy; Tommy was the person kneeling at the left end of the front row. 
 
She made another interesting (although possibly less reliable) observation.  She thought that the person kneeling immediately to the left of Tommy was named Ken Dearden and that the plane's name, Jere Linda was his wife's name.  As she had to terminate the call somewhat prematurely to keep an appointment, I have no idea how or where she developed this idea.  Is it possible that the name Ken was transmuted (in her mind) from Jim and that Dearden was a variant of Darden?  As to the origin of the name Jere Linda, I have no other information on that subject.
 
Does anyone know whether the plane crashed into the sea or onto land?  Since bodies were recovered I'm assuming that the plane was somehow retrieved.  Does anyone have further information in that regard?  Thanks in advance for any assistance.
 
Bob B.
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