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42-95193 - B-24H-25 Tail gunner Booth cleaning up tail turret - Serial number on this photo, on base at Shipdham Time frame 13 June to 3 August 1944. Their first mission in this aircraft (their 8th overall) was on 14 June 1944 to Chateaudun, France and returned to base at 1015 hours so I mark the earliest date for this photo taken in daylight as the 13th of June. Dad's inscription on the back is the next photo.

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Units

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

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

People

William F Gilbert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Aircraft

42-95193

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Three Kisses for Luck
  • Unit: 67th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron

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ContributorFishguy
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Sources

Oral, written and photographic memories of my father, T/Sgt Woodrow Peterson, 67th of the 44th at Shipdham England, May to August 1944.
I am a docent with The Museum of Flight in Seattle.
8thairforce.com, The 44th Bomb Group in World War II, Log of the Liberators