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Ground personnel conduct an instrument test on a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51665) nicknamed "The Little Gramper Jr. the 3rd" of the 389th Bomb Group at the 2nd Air Base Depot at Warton. September 1994. Official caption on image: '(Bad No 2) (9 Sep 44) (1588-5).' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Instrument test in a Warton hanger 9/9/44 251665.'
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Ground personnel conduct an instrument test on a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51665) nicknamed "The Little Gramper Jr. the 3rd" of the 389th Bomb Group at the 2nd Air Base Depot at Warton. September 1994. Official caption on image: '(Bad No 2) (9 Sep 44) (1588-5).' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Instrument test in a Warton hanger 9/9/44 251665.'

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Units

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

Locations

Aerial photograph of Warton airfield looking north, the Ribble Estuary is on the left, 22 June 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/255. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Warton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: BAD-2

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection