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44-40438

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The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group

34th Bomb Group

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

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-450443) of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force releases bombs during a mission.

451st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

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

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28861) nicknamed "Burma Bound" of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, with a smoking engine as a result of a direct flak hit during a mission over Munich, 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '62011 AC- The number four engine (far left) of BURMA BOUND, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator of the 15th Air Force, was hit by flak as the plane returned from blasting a target at Munich, Germany. It limped homeward on three engines. December 1944. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten capt

727th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Base Air Depot 2

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Other

Places

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Mendelsham Red Sqdn, 18 BS 5/45.'

Mendlesham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: RAF Mendlesham

Aerial photograph of Warton airfield looking north, the Ribble Estuary is on the left, 22 June 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/255. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Warton

Site type: Airfield
Known as: BAD-2

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https://valortovictory.tripod.com/1944-06.htm