UPL 50203

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1944: 489TH BG - BODINE CREW: L-R FRONT: HENRY DELLANO (E), CARL BROWN (G), DONALD JEFFREY (G), MATTHEW GASPERICH (G), TROY WARREN (RO), JOHN LAMAR (G), REAR: GUSTAVE PAYFER (DN), FRANCIS BODINE (P), JULIUS VANERWEGEN (CP), FRANKLIN NEWMAN (PB), CHARLES WEAVER (RN), JOSEPH GIRARD (B).

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Units

The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94896) nicknamed "Special Delivery" of the 489th Bomb Group flies in formation with fellow Liberators during a mission over Munster. Handwritten caption on reverse: '25/1/44 Munster.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Special Delivery
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group

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