FRE 2151
IMAGEThree airmen of the 493rd Bomb Group with a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "IV F Sack Time Sally" decorated with the insignia of the 863rd Bomb Squadron. Handwritten caption on reverse: '863 BS, was 518 BS. UK? Appears to have 158 on nose. Hack A/C? 493 BG.' This aircraft was one of the original 13th Antisubmarine Squadron aircraft - the predecessors to the 493rd BG.
Revisions
removed connection to the 493rd BG.
The photograph was taken with men of the 13th Antisubmarine squadron.
when the 13th A/S sqn became the 493rd BG they did so WITHOUT any aircraft attached (details from the History of the 13th A/S squadron original paperwork)
493rd BG Archives
Corrected detaiols associating aircraft to the 13th Anti-Submarine squadron
from original records of the 493rd BG
493rd BG Archives