42-51184 Cherry

42-51184 Cherry UPL 70668 UPL 70668 B-24 42-51184 'Cherry'

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Object Number - UPL 70668 - B-24 42-51184 'Cherry'

Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Force-landed at Brussels-Melsbroek 10-Dec -44, having lost an engine on the mission to Bingen. Victim of Operation Bodenplatte 1-Jan-45. Salvaged by 5 SAD 2-Jan-45.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bungay

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

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42-51184 Cherry

Object number: UPL 70668 - B-24 42-51184 'Cherry'

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