Thomas R Turbaville Jr
Military
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FRE 8788
Ground personnel of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force attend to a crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7759) nicknamed "Little Butch". First handwritten caption on reverse: '"Somewhere in Italy" Little Butch had seen better days.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '2700 Gallons of GAS, 10-500 Lb bombs Pilot, Lt Massare March 29-44.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Thomas Turbaville served as a flight engineer on B-24 Liberators, nicknamed 'Little Butch' and 'Little Butch II'.
He documented 'Little Butch''s demise as a landing gear malfunction, hence 'Little Butch II'.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Little Butch
- Unit: 451st Bomb Group 727th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
10 November 1942 | ||
Born |
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Born |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Correspondence with Thomas Turbaville's nephew, Eric.
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…