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42-50457

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron

42-50459

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron

42-50462

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

42-50463

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Gung Ho II
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron

42-50465

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Damifino
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron

42-50467

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50468) nicknamed "Sleeping Dynamite" of the 93rd Bomb Group flies over countryside with a formation of fellow Liberators. Handwritten caption on reverse: '11/11/44 from A/C 617- 93BG? 446BG had 93 left lead & PFF.'

42-50468

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sleeping Dynamite
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron 713th Bomb Squadron

42-50472

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

42-50477

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron

42-50478

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron

42-50481

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron

42-50486

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Butch
  • Unit: 485th Bomb Group 828th Bomb Squadron 830th Bomb Squadron
A crashed B-24 Liberator (T9-Z, serial number 42-50488) nicknamed "Polaris II" of the 466th Bomb Group. The propellor of the aircraft lies a short distance away from the wing. First handwritten caption on reverse: '2/1/45 B-24 250488, 466.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '466 BG Attlebridge, Norfolk PFF A/C repaired and used by 785 BS on 189 mission 25/2/45.'

42-50488

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Polaris II
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron

42-50490

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Leevus Bee
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 721st Bomb Squadron

42-50491

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron 707th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

42-50493

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dugan
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron

42-5050

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

42-50501

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Solid Comfort
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (U8-M, serial number 44-50503) of the 466th Bomb Group.

42-50503

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

42-50505

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron