Rupert G Thacker

Military
media-26431.jpeg UPL 26431 Rupert G. Thacker, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25117

Object Number - UPL 26431 - Rupert G. Thacker, 93rd Bomb Group

Plane was B-24 41-23737 'Eager Beaver. ' Completed 25 missions



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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Ground crew of the 93rd Bomb Group prepare to load bombs into a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23737) nicknamed "Eager Beaver" at Alconbury. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 30 Oct 1942' [stamp].' 229840' [Censor no]. Printed caption on reverse: .'FIRST PICTURES OF THE "LIBERATOR" IN ACTION Oct 1942. First photograph of the giant "Liberator" American bomber to be taken at a US Army Air Corps Station in England. Already famous as being the craft in which Mr Churchill flew to Russia and t
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Eager Beaver / Fearless Freddie
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 446th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 328th Bomb Squadron 564th Bomb Squadron 704th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Roanoke, Virginia 2 May 1916

Buried

Salem, VA 24153, USA 4 December 1989

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History, brother; son

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