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B-24J-401-CF #42-50490 "Leevus Bee" Code: #19 (lower right) B-24G-10-NT #42-78231 "Satan's Girl" Code: #5 (upper left) 450th BG - 721st BS - 15th AF

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Units

450th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Second World War formation badge for the United States 15th Air Force (United States Army Air Force). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the US Quartermaster General on 19 February 1944. Formation note: the 15th Air Force (US Army Air Force, Fifteenth Air Force) was formed on 1 November 1943 at Tunis in North Africa and moved to Italy on 1 December. The Force was disbanded on 15 September 1945 having participated in twelve campaigns.© IWM (INS 7304)

Fifteenth Air Force

  • Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Aircraft

42-50490

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Leevus Bee
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 721st Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-78231) of the 450th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '15th AF Italy B-24G 450th Bomb Group.'

42-78231

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satan's Gal
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 720th Bomb Squadron

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