727th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 8712
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28861) nicknamed "Burma Bound" of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, with a smoking engine as a result of a direct flak hit during a mission over Munich, 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '62011 AC- The number four engine (far left) of BURMA BOUND, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator of the 15th Air Force, was hit by flak as the plane returned from blasting a target at Munich, Germany. It limped homeward on three engines. December 1944. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '#1 smoking, #4 feathered, 451 BG, 727 BS Munich, got home Burma Bound Dec 44.'
Roger Freeman Collection
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 451st Bomb Group 727th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14151747
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio/Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 451st Bomb Group 727th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Jolly Roger
- Unit: 451st Bomb Group 727th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Little Butch
- Unit: 451st Bomb Group 727th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 451st Bomb Group 727th Bomb Squadron Base Air Depot 2 493rd Bomb Group 34th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Low-An-Roy
- Unit: 451st Bomb Group 727th Bomb Squadron