43-39177 The Blessed Event

media-32734.jpeg UPL 32734 Blessed Event Crew - William Hunter (pilot), James Hilbert (co-pilot) Harry George (bombardier), Henry Sanger (navigator) Luther Yates (tail gunner), Jerard Murtha (radio operator), Orville Ritchley (top turret gunner), Lloyd Cochran (ball turret gunner) Thaddeus Johnson (waist gunner)

Matt Webster

Object Number - UPL 32734 - Blessed Event Crew - William Hunter (pilot), James Hilbert (co-pilot) Harry George (bombardier), Henry Sanger (navigator) Luther Yates (tail gunner),...

Delivered Lincoln 23/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Y/L] Horham 7/1/45; on 19/3/45 with W.C. Hunter, obs-R.B. Adams [wia]; 55m, Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45. THE BLESSED EVENT.

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896

  • Date: 19 March 1945
  • Official Description:
A B-24 Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group flies over Berlin during a mission. 18 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18/3/45 Berlin.'

894

  • Date: 18 March 1945

892

  • Date: 17 March 1945

889

  • Date: 15 March 1945

886

  • Date: 14 March 1945
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Document 32736

  • Media Type: Document
  • Object Number: Document 32736
  • Description: Original nose art drawing for "The Blessed Event" 339177. Assigned to the crew of William Craig Hunter on 2/6/1945.

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