FRE 2151
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Three airmen of the 493rd Bomb Group with a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "IV F Sack Time Sally" decorated with the insignia of the 863rd Bomb Squadron. Handwritten caption on reverse: '863 BS, was 518 BS. UK? Appears to have 158 on nose. Hack A/C? 493 BG.' This aircraft was one of the original 13th Antisubmarine Squadron aircraft - the predecessors to the 493rd BG.
Revisions
493rd BG Museum archives
www.493bgdebach.co.uk
removed connection to the 493rd BG.
The photograph was taken with men of the 13th Antisubmarine squadron.
when the 13th A/S sqn became the 493rd BG they did so WITHOUT any aircraft attached (details from the History of the 13th A/S squadron original paperwork)
493rd BG Archives
Corrected detaiols associating aircraft to the 13th Anti-Submarine squadron
from original records of the 493rd BG
493rd BG Archives