42-50503
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FRE 9296
A B-24 Liberator (U8-M, serial number 44-50503) of the 466th Bomb Group. 466th BG Historian added notes: I don't believe this is 44-50503. The first number is obscured. 44-50503 would have been a B-24M-5-FO. While the 466th BG had several M models, none of them arrived when there was snow on the ground. None of them flew missions before late March 1945. In addition they navigator's window on M-5-FO models was a long rectangle shaped window. This is more likely B-24J-1-FO #42-50503.
Roger Freeman Collection
466th BG Historian
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-813144
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other 1st 466th BG Combat Mission |
Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 25 October 1944 | |
Crashed |
Belgium | 14 March 1945 | Crash landed in Belgium with the JB Hinrichs Crew - Crew #691 |