UPL 23706

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Nose art. "Shoot You're Faded"

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Units

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

People

Frank W Apito

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group

William L Druen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36675795
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner

Carl B Hartman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33510420
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Patrick D Keach

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-779885
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Charles A Knifer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33610530
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic-Gunner

Aircraft

44-8413

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shoot Youre Faded

Locations

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Revisions

Date:
ContributorTom989898
ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations, person associations and place associations
Sources

Tommy Ryan Lee, son of Wendell (not Wendall) Lee.