42-7759 Little Butch
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FRE 8788
Ground personnel of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force attend to a crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7759) nicknamed "Little Butch". First handwritten caption on reverse: '"Somewhere in Italy" Little Butch had seen better days.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '2700 Gallons of GAS, 10-500 Lb bombs Pilot, Lt Massare March 29-44.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Salvaged following the take-off accident in Castelluccio, Italy - 17 May 44.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 451st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 11084264
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Flight engineer
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Assigned |
70023 Gioia del Colle, Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy | 4 January 1944 | 727th BS, 451st BG, 15th AF |
Crashed |
70023 Gioia del Colle BA, Italy | 23 February 1944 | Crashed on take off damaged Cat3, Gioia de Colle, Italy, pilot Clarence A Roach. |
Crashed |
06046 Castelluccio, Perugia, Italy | 17 May 1944 | Damaged Cat5 in take-off accident in Castelluccio, Italy - 17 May 44. Pilot Hubert E Anderson. |
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Sources
Roger Freeman / http://www.b24bestweb.com / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com
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