41-28679 Heaven Can Wait

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force drops supplies over a Prisoner of War camp in Austria, May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9 May 1945, Last 'combat' mission of 461st BG to British POW camp near Villack, Austria. #33 flown by Lt John Stegman- 765th BS.'

461st Bomb Group

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

Places

Torretta

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Cerignola #3

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Shot Down

2263 Dürnkrut, Austria 26 June 1944 shot down by flak Lt. Samuel M. Zive Crew

Revisions

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Sources

The Torretta Flyer - Edition #24