Dan Winston

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A B-24 Liberator (V2-X+, serial number 42-50757) of the 491st Bomb Group. Image via Dan Winston. Handwritten caption on reverse: '855th BS, 491st BG, 18 Sept 1944 En route Holland.' media-380927.jpg FRE 2122 A B-24 Liberator (V2-X+, serial number 42-50757) of the 491st Bomb Group.

Image by Dan Winston, Photographic Officer of the 491st Bomb Group.

Handwritten caption on reverse: '855th BS, 491st BG, 18 Sept 1944 En route Holland.'
Pilot on 18 September 1944 was 1st Lt. Edgar L. Murff. Co-pilot 2nd Lt. Leo M. Littfin can be seen in cockpit. Roger Freeman Collection

Robert Baumgardner, Austin, TX.

Object Number - FRE 2122 - A B-24 Liberator (V2-X+, serial number 42-50757) of the 491st Bomb Group. Image by Dan Winston, Photographic Officer of the 491st Bomb...

20 flights from Grenier Fld, Manchester, NH over the Atlantic Ocean to Greenland on anti-sub patrol. Flew 'No-Ball' mission over France 7/44 & to Ulm, Ger. , deep penetration 9/44



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A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

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New York City, New York 13 May 1916

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.491st.org roster / self & Page 444 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)

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A B-24 Liberator (V2-X+, serial number 42-50757) of the 491st Bomb Group. Image via Dan Winston. Handwritten caption on reverse: '855th BS, 491st BG, 18 Sept 1944 En route Holland.'

Object number: FRE 2122 - A B-24 Liberator (V2-X+, serial number 42-50757)...