42-94860 Appassianato Happy Warrior

Ground personnel of the 489th Bomb Group work on the engine of B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94860) nicknamed "Happy Warrior". Image via Robert Buck. Written on slide casing: '42-94860, +X. 846th Sqdn, late summer 1944.' media-395608.jpg FRE 6786 Ground personnel of the 489th Bomb Group work on the engine of B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94860) nicknamed "Happy Warrior". Image via Robert Buck. Written on slide casing: '42-94860, +X. 846th Sqdn, late summer 1944.' Roger Freeman Collection

Roger Freeman Photo.

Object Number - FRE 6786 - Ground personnel of the 489th Bomb Group work on the engine of B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94860) nicknamed "Happy Warrior". Image via Robert...

Assigned to 846BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 703BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF. Returned to ZI Jun-45.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.

489th Bomb Group

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

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Returned ZI

United States 13 June 1945 Returned to Zone of the Interior Jun-45.

Manufactured

Willow Run, Ypsilanti Charter Twp, MI 48198, USA Built at Ford for Consolidated.

Delivered

Michigan, USA Delivered to USAAF.

Assigned

Halesworth IP19, UK Assigned to 846BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Transferred

Tibenham, Norwich NR16, UK 4 April 1945 Transferred to 703BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.b24bestweb.com/happywarrior1.htm
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Ground personnel of the 489th Bomb Group work on the engine of B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94860) nicknamed "Happy Warrior". Image via Robert Buck. Written on slide casing: '42-94860, +X. 846th Sqdn, late summer 1944.'

Object number: FRE 6786 - Ground personnel of the 489th Bomb Group work on...