42-50773 Queenie

media-22928.jpeg UPL 22928 Ford-built B-24J-5-FO Liberator 42-50773 "Queenie" JU-Q, 707th Bomb Squadron, 446th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force on the bomb run over Aschaffenburg, Germany on 25-Feb-45.

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Object Number - UPL 22928 - Ford-built B-24J-5-FO Liberator 42-50773 "Queenie" JU-Q, 707th Bomb Squadron, 446th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force on the bomb run over Aschaffenburg,...

Assigned to 707BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Returned to the Zone of the Interior, arriving at the Albuquerque New Mexico storage center 24-Sep-45, where it was later scrapped.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bungay

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Missions

847

  • Date: 25 February 1945

Events

Event Location Date Description

Manufactured

Willow Run, Ypsilanti Charter Twp, MI 48198, USA Built at Ford for Consolidated.

Delivered

Michigan, USA Delivered to USAAAF.

Assigned

Bungay NR35, UK Assigned to 707BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Returned ZI

Albuquerque, NM, USA 24 September 1945 Returned to ZI, arriving at the Albuquerque NM storage center 24-Sep-45, where it was later scrapped.

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