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28 July 1944
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FRE 2088
The smoking wreckage of an aircraft of the 490th Bomb Group that has crashed near Brome. Handwritten caption on reverse: '29/7/44 Crash Brome, 294955.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Mission Details
Description: UNKNOWN NUMBER OF LEAFLETS DROPPED
Notes: Lt. Gen. George S. Patton assumes command of 3rd Army. 3rd Army will be officially activated on 1 Aug 44.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34599639
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Revisions
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources
Associated Media based on images associated with missions in Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Diary.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.