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B-24 Wana

42-50509

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wana
  • Unit: 68th Bomb Squadron 44th Bomb Group

42-5051

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Barrel House Bessie
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 303rd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
My grandfather Louis Joseph Trosclair

42-50511

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron

42-5052

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Testament Mizpah
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (KY-L, serial number 42-5053) of the 366th Bomb Squadron , with a camouflage paint scheme. Handwritten caption on reverse: '30/06/43.'

42-5053

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bloody tangier show
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 (GJ-?, serial number 42-50535) nicknamed "Joplin Jalopy" of the 44th Bomb Group flies above the clouds. Handwritten caption on reverse: '44 BG.'

42-50535

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Joplin Jalopy
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group

42-5054

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

42-50545

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Barfly
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron

42-5055

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50551) nicknamed "Delectable Doris" of the 389th Bomb Group Image via LR Ades. Written on slide casing: 'Fall of 1944, Hethel.'

42-50551

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Delectable Doris
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron

42-50555

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Baby Shoes
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

42-50558

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Miss America
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group

42-5056

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Devil's Playmate
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

42-50561

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a 466th Bomb Group B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Times A' Wastin'". Handwritten caption on reverse: '466th B.G., 8th Air Force.'

42-50569

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Times A Wastin
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Captain Allen V. Martini, a pilot of the 305th Bomb Group, with his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Dry Martini and the Cocktail Kids the 4th". Printed caption on reverse: '71077 USAF - Capt. Allen V. Martini, pilot of San Francisco, California, looks up at his Boeing B-17 "Dry Martini 4th, The Cocktail Kids" of the 305th Bomb Group based in England . 20 May 1943. U.S. AIR Force Photo.'

42-5057

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dry Martini & the Cocktail Kids 4th
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

42-50572

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 855th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50573) nicknamed "Sugar Baby" of the 446th Bomb Group. Image via Albert R Krassman Jr

42-50573

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sugar Baby

42-50579

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron