42-51557 Sweet Eloise

media-13596.jpeg UPL 13596 Sweet Eloise, 41-21851, 491st BG

Query: source for serial number?
Not given in image source (http://b-24.weebly.com/named30-supreme-to-three.html) or B-24 Bestweb (http://www.b24bestweb.com/sweeteloise-v2.htm)

Object Number - UPL 13596 - Sweet Eloise, 41-21851, 491st BG Query: source for serial number? Not given in image source...

Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 17143813
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 36 733 275
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group Headquarters (14th Combat Bomb Wing) 98th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13187562
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-927610
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Assigned

Metfield, UK Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

Manufactured

Willow Run, Ypsilanti, MI Built at Ford.

Revisions

Date
ContributorKickapoo
Changes
Sources

Name change per media. - Kickapoo

Date
ContributorKickapoo
Changes
Sources

Name spelling - Kickapoo

Date
Contributorphil marchese
Changes
Sources

AAM assiciated image compared to Marchese; B-24 Identification matrix.

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Serial number of aircraft with this nose art and nickname needs to be verified:
http://www.b24bestweb.com/sweeteloise-v2.htm

Date
Contributorphil marchese
Changes
Sources

Beitling/Marchese B-24 IARC- Proj. No. review circa 2005 - 2010.

Date
Contributorphil marchese
Changes
Sources

Marchese; B-24 Identification Matrix.

Date
Contributorphil marchese
Changes
Sources

Al Blue, THE B-24 LIBERATOR

Date
ContributorTimothy McKeown
Changes
Sources

C. Timothy McKeown

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