UPL 39700

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Standing Left to Right: Robert B Fraser, Edwin T. Folts, Bernard E. Vaughan, Alan E. Finch, David A. Couglin B-24H-15-DT #41-28837 "Trade Winds" . These five 8th AAF airmen are from the Western NY- Ontario, Canada area. Posing for the Buffalo Courier Express newspaper.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32830882
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron 837th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-816278
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32830543
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator - Mechanic Gunner, AAF
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693663
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-816382
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a 487th Bomb Group B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Trade Winds". Handwritten caption on reverse: '487BG.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Trade Winds
  • Unit: 376th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 513th Bomb Squadron 837th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date:
ContributorMichael Vaughan
ChangesCreated entry with caption
Sources

Michael Vaughan - I reposted and corrected the caption, realizing the the man in the center is my father!