42-78267 Wolf Den

media-45467.jpeg UPL 45467 B-24G-10-NT #42-78267 "Wolf Den" Code: #72
461st BG - 767th BS - 15th AF

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Object Number - UPL 45467 - B-24G-10-NT #42-78267 "Wolf Den" Code: #72 461st BG - 767th BS - 15th AF

42-78267 MARY E/WOLF DEN (767th #71) Departed the USA on May 1, 1944, for service in Italy. Listed MIA after Mission #30 to Wiener-Neustadt, Austria, on May 25, 1944. Lost an engine over the target due to flak. William Diggs and crew failed to return due to damage and other mechanical problems (MACR #5056).

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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

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https://461st.org/Aircraft/Nose%20Art/767th%20Nose%20Art.htm
https://www.fold3.com/search?keywords=William+Diggs;MACR

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