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Object Number - UPL 17478 - -A
This aircraft is the first assigned to 1st Lt. Dean Strain and his original crew at the U.S. Air Force Base at Pueblo, CO. On 21 April 1944 the 491st Bomb Group received special orders to begin transfer to the airfield at Herington, KS for purpose of staging and processing for deployment.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 12039163
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-806007
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
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ContributorTimothy McKeown
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Sources
The Ringmasters: 491st Bombardment Group (H). Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co. (1992), page 290.