42-50279

media-49750.jpeg UPL 49750 "Envy of 'em All" - B-24H 42-50279
Transferred to 392nd BG (also flew for 458th BG, 754th BG & 492nd BG), lost 13 Sept 44, 6 KIA 4 POW MACR 8848
392nd BG website photo (www.b24.net).

http://www.492ndbombgroup.com/cgi-bin/pagepilot.cgi?page=492aircraft (492ndBombGroup.com — an Arnett Institute project)

Object Number - UPL 49750 - "Envy of 'em All" - B-24H 42-50279 Transferred to 392nd BG (also flew for 458th BG, 754th BG & 492nd BG), lost 13 Sept 44, 6 KIA 4 POW MACR...

Shot down and crashed near Mainz, Ger, 13 September 1944. MACR 8848

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
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.'

458th Bomb Group

  • 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.

492nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Frederick William Angeloch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32220382
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Odis L Apple

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18184135
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Frank G Beatty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 479th Fighter Group 492nd Bomb Group 436th Fighter Squadron 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15125819 / O-701862
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Fighter pilot

William Edgar Butt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35621166
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Paul S Faggioli

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12162769
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

Places

Missions

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.'

524

  • Date: 6 August 1944
A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.

519

  • Date: 5 August 1944
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear, four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

513

  • Date: 3 August 1944

508

  • Date: 1 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 13 September 1944

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MACR 8848 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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