42-50754 Urgin Virgin

Captain Edward F Wilson (centre) and two fellow airmen of the 491st Bomb Group with the nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50754) nicknamed "Urgin Virgin". Image via Edward F Wilson. Written on slide casing: 'T8-O, 42-50754. Ed Wilson centre.' media-395696.jpg FRE 6874 Captain Edward F Wilson (centre) and two fellow airmen of the 491st Bomb Group with the nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50754) nicknamed "Urgin Virgin". Image via Edward F Wilson. Written on slide casing: 'T8-O, 42-50754. Ed Wilson centre.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 6874 - Captain Edward F Wilson (centre) and two fellow airmen of the 491st Bomb Group with the nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50754)...

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A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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ContributorTimothy McKeown
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C. Timothy McKeown

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C. Timothy McKeown

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C. Timothy McKeown

42-50754: Gallery (3 items)

Captain Edward F Wilson (centre) and two fellow airmen of the 491st Bomb Group with the nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50754) nicknamed "Urgin Virgin". Image via Edward F Wilson. Written on slide casing: 'T8-O, 42-50754. Ed Wilson centre.'

Object number: FRE 6874 - Captain Edward F Wilson (centre) and two fellow...