44-10518 Queenie

This replacement aircraft arrived during July and was assigned to the 856th BS.

Transferred to 458th BG, 785th BS in August

Returned to USA in 1945

Connections

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-701984
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Missions

  • Date: 6 December 1944
  • Date: 22 October 1944
  • Date: 30 August 1944
A B-24 Liberator of the 492nd Bomb Group bombs a target near Hamburg. 

Handwritten caption on reverse: 'USAF- 492nd BG showing successful result on oil target near Hamburg, 6 Aug 1944.'
  • Date: 6 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

First 466th BG Combat Mission

Villers l'Hopital, France 30 August 1944

Other

Final 466th BG Combat Mission

Salzburg, Germany 21 April 1945

Revisions

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Sources

"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom
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