Fred Vacek

Military
media-23130.jpeg UPL 23130 A group of 458th officers pose in front of the more "suitable" artwork of Elmer Fudd holding a skunk. B-24H 41-28738 'Meat around the corner'

Standing: Lt Joseph Roubal.
Kneeling: Lt William Etheridge, Capt Fred Vacek, Lt John Provenzano.

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Object Number - UPL 23130 - A group of 458th officers pose in front of the more "suitable" artwork of Elmer Fudd holding a skunk. B-24H 41-28738 'Meat around the...

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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.'

458th Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago 29 March 1905

Died

1 February 1988

Revisions

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Sources

Cousin (Fred Hawkins)Granholm, The Day We Bombed Switzerland / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Fred Vacek: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 23130 - A group of 458th officers pose in front of the...

Object number: UPL 55589 - Major Fred Vacek, 458BG.