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A crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7759) nicknamed "Little Butch" of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. Composite image.

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A crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7759) nicknamed "Little Butch" of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. Composite image.

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Units

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

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

Second World War formation badge for the United States 15th Air Force (United States Army Air Force). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the US Quartermaster General on 19 February 1944. Formation note: the 15th Air Force (US Army Air Force, Fifteenth Air Force) was formed on 1 November 1943 at Tunis in North Africa and moved to Italy on 1 December. The Force was disbanded on 15 September 1945 having participated in twelve campaigns.© IWM (INS 7304)

Fifteenth Air Force

Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Combat organisation

People

Ground personnel of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force attend to a crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7759) nicknamed "Little Butch". First handwritten caption on reverse: '"Somewhere in Italy" Little Butch had seen better days.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '2700 Gallons of GAS, 10-500 Lb bombs Pilot, Lt Massare March 29-44.'

Thomas R Turbaville

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 451st Bomb Group
Service Numbers: 11084264
Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force attend to a crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7759) nicknamed "Little Butch". First handwritten caption on reverse: '"Somewhere in Italy" Little Butch had seen better days.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '2700 Gallons of GAS, 10-500 Lb bombs Pilot, Lt Massare March 29-44.'

42-7759

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Little Butch
Unit: 451st Bomb Group 727th Bomb Squadron

Locations

Castelluccio

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47

Contributor466thHistorian

ChangesChanges to unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations

Sources

http://15thaf.org/49th_BW/451st_BG/Aircraft/PDFs/451st%20Aircraft.pdf

Date: 2 Feb 2015 10:00:14

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection