42-52618 Chief Wapello

42-52618 Chief Warpello UPL 71692 UPL 71692 B-24 42-52618 'Chief Warpello'

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Object Number - UPL 71692 - B-24 42-52618 'Chief Warpello'

Assigned to 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. On return from a mission to Dortmund on 28-Jan-45, already badly damaged, the aircraft was shot down by fighters after the crew bailed out. It crashed in dense woods between the villages of Groesbeek and Berg-en-Dal, south east of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95260) nicknamed "Lili Marlene" of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group flies in formation with two comrades. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 H & B-24 J OF 44th B.G. 66th Sqdn'

66th Bomb Squadron

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

People

George Richard Balthazor

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0 806385
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
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Rhodes Lewis Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20445218
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner
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James J Dolan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John G Hudnall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
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Joseph Alfred Kerins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33329991
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

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42-52618: Gallery (4 items)

42-52618 Chief Warpello

Object number: UPL 71692 - B-24 42-52618 'Chief Warpello'

42-52618 'Chief Warpello'

Object number: UPL 71695 - B-24 42-52618 'Chief Warpello'

42-52618 Chief Warpello

Object number: UPL 71706 - B-24 42-52618 Chief 'Warpello' with Shacklett crew...

42-52618 Chief Wapello

Object number: UPL 71732 - B-24H 42-52618 Chief Wapello of the 487th BG