15th Air Force
The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force.
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42-50796
B-24 Liberator
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B-24J-5-FO #42-50796 Easy Maid Code: Black Q 464th Bomb Group - 779th Bomb Squadron
Service
Units
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464th Bomb Group
Group
A Consolidated History of the 464th Bomb Group ... -
779th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber squadron in mid-1943, trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), October 1943, becoming a Fifteenth Air Force heavy bomb squadron, attacking enemy targets both in...
Places
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Pantanella
Military site : airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Shot Down | 21000, Split, Croatia | 27 August 1944 |
Revisions
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| 15 November 2016 01:51:11 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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