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Ground personnel of the 453rd Bomb Group attend to a crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-52196) nicknamed "War Bride". Official caption printed on image: 'ISAD-2-3-453)(2-2-44)(A/C 42-52196)(B-24 H).'
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Ground personnel of the 453rd Bomb Group attend to a crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-52196) nicknamed "War Bride". Official caption printed on image: 'ISAD-2-3-453)(2-2-44)(A/C 42-52196)(B-24 H).'

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Units

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 453rd Bomb Group attend to a crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-52196) nicknamed "War Bride". Official caption printed on image: 'ISAD-2-3-453)(2-2-44)(A/C 42-52196)(B-24 H).'

42-52196

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: War Bride, Crupper-5
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection