John D McCarthy

Military

RTD 29 may 1944 B-24J #44-40173 'Ernie's Beavers'.

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A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-40173

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Our Baby
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron 733rd Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5392, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 656