42-50555 Baby Shoes
Birto Brumby Crew
466th BG - 784th BS
458th BG - 755th BS
B-24J-1-FO 42-50555 "Baby Shoes" Code: J3-G 458th BG - 755th BS
Standing Left to Right: Donald Fraser (B), Edwin Wilcox (CP), Julius Sabo (RN), Birto Brumby (P), Harold Simeone (PN), Elmo Geppelt (N)
Kneeling Left to Right: Doyle Matz (FE), Robert Larimer (R/O), Wells Gardner (WG), Stanley Hammell (TG), George Strickland (TTG), Robert Voss (WG)
This crew flew 3 missions with 466th BG in the middle of their tour, while undergoing lead crew training. The balance of their 30 combat missions was flown with the 458th BG to which they were originally assigned
Object Number - UPL 17773 - Crew #453 Birto Brumby Crew 466th BG - 784th BS 458th BG - 755th BS B-24J-1-FO 42-50555 "Baby Shoes" Code: J3-G 458th BG - 755th BS Standing...
Replaced 44-40102 HEAVEN CAN WAIT lost on 27 May 44. Transferred to 458th BG, 755th BS in Aug 44. Reassigned to 753rd BS in Oct 44. On 14 Mar 45 it was damaged by a gun firing accident on the base. Baby Shoes was repaired and returned to the USA at the end of the war.
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