Lester L Wagner

Military
Two airmen of the 392nd Bomb Group with a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7485) nicknamed "Alfred". media-380479.jpg FRE 1842 Two airmen of the 392nd Bomb Group with a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7485) nicknamed "Alfred". Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1842 - Two airmen of the 392nd Bomb Group with a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7485) nicknamed "Alfred".

Entered service at New Cumberland, PA September 1942. Joined 392nd October 1943. Rank at end of WW II was T/Sergeant. Pilot-Colby Waugh. Discharged June 1951. hit by flak, trying to get back to base their B-24 'Alfred' #42-7485, lost 3 engines but got them restarted, lost fuel and realized they might have to ditch in North Sea. Did make it back to land and crashed near Sheringham. Injured.

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The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Alfred
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron 578th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / book: Not Forgotten, 8th AF Losses, MACR 16033

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