492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Group
The 492nd Bomb Group were assigned to the 8th Air Force in April 1944. They flew 60 missions over occupied Europe from 11 May 1944 until 7 August 1944.
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IWM catalogue record
This contains information written on the back of the original print and some of it may be inaccurate.
A Swedish soldier guards the nose of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40142) nicknamed "Sknappy" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden. First handwritten caption on reverse: '44-40142 "Sknappy", 492BG, Down Sweden 20/6/44.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '492 BG Lib "Sknappy" interned after forced landing in Sweden.'
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44-40142
B-24 Liberator
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 September 2014 15:25:09 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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