Joseph E Robinson

Military
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Virgin Vampire" of the 487th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '487th B.G., 8th Air Force.' media-414542.jpg FRE 8527 The nose art of a B-24 Liberator "Virgin Vampire" of the 487th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '487th B.G., 8th Air Force.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 8527 - The nose art of a B-24 Liberator "Virgin Vampire" of the 487th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '487th B.G., 8th Air Force.'

B-24 #42-52745 'Virgin Vampire'.

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The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Virgin Vampire" of the 487th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '487th B.G., 8th Air Force.'

42-52745

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Virgin Vampire
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Sources

487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/roster/487thSqd838.htm

'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/MajerusCrew.shtml

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The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Virgin Vampire" of the 487th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '487th B.G., 8th Air Force.'

Object number: FRE 8527 - The nose art of a B-24 Liberator "Virgin Vampire"...