42-52762 Scorpio

media-13628.jpeg UPL 13628 One of the nose arts by Phil Brinkman, of one of the eleven Zodiac signs, painted on 486th Bomb Group B-24 Liberators. In this photograph is the B-24 Liberator 42-52762 nicknamed "Scorpio".

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Object Number - UPL 13628 - One of the nose arts by Phil Brinkman, of one of the eleven Zodiac signs, painted on 486th Bomb Group B-24 Liberators. In this photograph is the B-24...

Assigned 834th BS, Transferred to 833rd BS (4N F). After storage at BAD 3, Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland, it was transferred to MTO 14 Feb 45 and assigned to 465th BG / 781st BS (T). Sadly, its service in 15th AF was very short indeed because it was lost 2-Mar-45, hit by flak, dropped out of formation with 1 x engine smoking - MACR 12749.



Crew: P 1Lt Robert E French, Co 2Lt Kenneth L Parkhurst, Nav F/O David L Bowman, Eng Sgt William B Briggs, RO Pvt Frederick P Wagner, Ball Sgt Francis M Donohue, Nose Sgt Denny W Horton, TT Sgt Harold F Quagan, Tail Sgt Lehman V Wood. 9 x RTD.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28853) of the 456th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force explodes in mid-air over Blechammer as a result of a direct flak hit. 20 November 1944.

465th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

People

Phillip S Brinkman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37187863
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Draftsman

William Joseph Cusack

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801436
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Assigned

06073 Pantanella, Province of Perugia, Italy 14 February 1945 Assigned to 781BS, 465BG, 15AF USAAF.

Crashed

Amstetten, Austria 2 March 1945 Departed Pantanella Air Base Italy, with 781st BS, 465th BG, 15th AF, mission target Linz, lost Amstettan, Austria, MACR 12749

Manufactured

Willow Run Airport, 801 Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, MI 48198, USA

Assigned

Sudbury CO10, UK Assigned to 834BS, 833BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 833BS.

Other

Storage

Langford Lodge, United Kingdom Stored BAD 3, Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland

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42-52762: Gallery (4 items)

One of the nose arts by Phil Brinkman, of one of the eleven Zodiac signs, painted on 486th Bomb Group B-24 Liberators. In this photograph is the B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Scorpio", named after the sign. [See http://www.486th.org/Photos/AC1/Zodiac4.htm]

Object number: FRE 8490 - One of the nose arts by Phil Brinkman, of one of...

Object number: UPL 13628 - One of the nose arts by Phil Brinkman, of one of...

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