Arnold N Delmonico

Military
Personnel of the 490th Bomb Group enjoy coffee besides a Jeep. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. media-395681.jpg FRE 6859 Personnel of the 490th Bomb Group enjoy coffee besides a Jeep. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 6859 - Personnel of the 490th Bomb Group enjoy coffee besides a Jeep. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group.

He originally joined the Army in 1939, then went to Yale and was commissioned in 1942. He was assigned to the 490th and transferred to the base in Eye. He stayed in the AF Reserve until 1976, retiring with the rank of Lt. Col. He died September 27 2002.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Providence, Rhode Island 18 November 1916

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
Changes
Sources

490th Bombs Away Dec 2002

Date
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

Arnold N Delmonico: Gallery (51 items)

Airmen of the 490th Bomb Group look at a monument. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Continent?'

Object number: FRE 10697 - Airmen of the 490th Bomb Group look at a monument...

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 490th Bomb Group is lit at night by anti-aircraft light trails. Image via Lt Col Arnold N Delmonico. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'USAAF.'

Object number: FRE 2090 - A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 490th Bomb Group is...

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-6097) nicknamed "The Bad Penny Always Comes Back" of the 96th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide caing: 'The Bad Penny, QJ-O, B-17 F.'

Object number: FRE 5874 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial...

The nose art of a P-51 Mustang (B6-U, serial number44-11373) nicknamed "Frisco Kid" of the 357th Fighter Group at Eye. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'At Eye.'

Object number: FRE 6097 - The nose art of a P-51 Mustang (B6-U, serial...

The nose art of a P-51 Mustang (B6-U, serial number44-11373) nicknamed "Frisco Kid" of the 357th Fighter Group at Eye. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'At Eye.'

Object number: FRE 6098 - The nose art of a P-51 Mustang (B6-U, serial...

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-38058) nicknamed "The Wish Bone" of the 490th Bomb Group at Eye. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'After transfer to 490 BG at Eye.

Object number: FRE 6228 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial...

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6893) nicknamed "Looky Looky" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Looky Looky.'

Object number: FRE 6791 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial...

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38400) nicknamed "Alice Blue Gown" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Alice Blue Gown.'

Object number: FRE 6792 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial...

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Goin' My Way" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Going My Way, at Eye.'

Object number: FRE 6793 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed...

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Buggs Bunny" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Bugg's Bunny, 490 BG, Eye.'

Object number: FRE 6794 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed...

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8698) nicknamed "Love 'Em! All" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Love Em All B-17 490 BG.'

Object number: FRE 6796 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial...

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37907) nicknamed "Carolina Moon" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Carolina Moon 78 ops.'

Object number: FRE 6797 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial...