44-40072 B.T.O. (Big Time Operator)

media-6969.jpeg UPL 6969 B-24J-145-CO #44-40072 "B.T.O." Code: 2U-B
466th BG - 785th BS 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 6969 - B-24J-145-CO #44-40072 "B.T.O." Code: 2U-B 466th BG - 785th BS

Transferred to 489th BG, 846th BS on 10 Aug 44

Transferred to 453rd BG, 734th BS on 11 Nov 44

Transferred to 466th BG, on 11 Apr 45

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Units served with

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
Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.

489th Bomb Group

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

People

Paul W Perry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-818925
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Missions

527

  • Date: 7 August 1944
A B-24 Liberator of the 492nd Bomb Group bombs a target near Hamburg. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'USAF- 492nd BG showing successful result on oil target near Hamburg, 6 Aug 1944.'

524

  • Date: 6 August 1944
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear, four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

513

  • Date: 3 August 1944

508

  • Date: 1 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Assigned

Halesworth, England 10 August 1944 Transferred to 489th BG, 846th BS

Assigned

Old Buckenham, England 11 November 1944 Transferred to 453rd BG, 734th BS.

Assigned

Weston Longville 11 April 1945 Transferred to 466th BG

Manufactured

San Diego, California Consolidated AC, San Diego, California

Delivered

Original aircraft for the 857th BS, 492nd BG. Total missions for the 492nd BG:29

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44-40072: Gallery (6 items)

A B-24 Liberator (8R-B, serial number 44-40072) of the 846th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group in France in 1945 or 46. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'France, 1945 or 1946. From [P.] Gandillet Files. 212.'

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Object number: UPL 6969 - B-24J-145-CO #44-40072 "B.T.O." Code: 2U-B 466th...