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  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lady Diana
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
The wreck of a B-24 Liberator of the 93rd Bomb Group that crashed on take off near Aldeburgh, 19 December 1944. Image via Glenn Tessmer, 93rd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '19/12/44 Aldeburgh, Norfolk, crash on t/o.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Crash site. Taken about 1 hour after crash. Mission was then scrubbed. Just off end of south runway. Lead aircraft 93BG at Hardwick, Eng. Probably Dec 15-23, 1944. Note weather! The exact date of the crash can be verified in 2nd A.D/ news letters. I can
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Beaver's Baby
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
media-16636.pdf (4.95 MB) Document 16636 "The Mishap of Crew 92".
The detailed account of a mission flown by 467th Bomb Group, 791st Bomb Squadron on 18 March 1945, to Berlin, in B-24 42-50599.

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  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 467th Bomb Group 791st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Filthy Mc Naughty
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group
A B-24 Liberator (MK-A) of the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '445 BG, Roger.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Skyline Drive
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane.  Four men standing in rear and five men kneeling in front
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bold Venture II
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron 467th Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: King Size
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Holy Jo/Jo
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane.  Four men standing in rear and five men kneeling in front
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Massachusetts Girl
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Wolf Patrol
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Private First Class Ed Bowens with a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50618) nicknamed "Arkansas Traveller" of the 446th Bomb Group. Image via a US Army veteran and friend of Ed Bowens. A veteran (Fred) has handwritten on the reverse: ' 705 Bomb Sq, 446th Bomb Gp. Dear Roger, Keep this pic. I took it en-route home in June '45 at Goose Bay. I rode this plane home as a "ground crew" passenger- one of ten, in addition to the 10 man crew. The chap in PFC Ed Bowen of Indiana, my buddy. He was with the 84th Inf
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Arkansas Traveller
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Marvin's Madhouse
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress