FRE 8383

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A B-24 Liberator of the 458th Bomb Group on a runway, with one engine propeller 'out', behind a crashed B-24 Liberator, also of the 458th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'End of the line for the R.F. Note 24 on runway with feathered prop.'
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A B-24 Liberator of the 458th Bomb Group on a runway, with one engine propeller 'out', behind a crashed B-24 Liberator, also of the 458th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'End of the line for the R.F. Note 24 on runway with feathered prop.'

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Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection