42-100366 Mizpah

media-27058.jpeg UPL 27058 B-24J 42-100366 'Mizpah' 754BS, 458BG, 8AF.

Object Number - UPL 27058 - B-24J 42-100366 'Mizpah' 754BS, 458BG, 8AF.

Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 80 missions. Sherwood crew ferried A/C back to ZI. Salvaged by RFC at Albuquerque 24-Sep-45.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2072403
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693610
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber / Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11136205 / O-818106
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34600254
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Returned to Zone of Interior (ZI)

Bradley International Airport, Schoephoester Rd, Windsor Locks, CT 06096, USA 16 June 1945 - 26 June 1945 Flown by Sherwood crew back to Bradley Field, Connecticut by 26-Jun-45.

Other

Salvaged

Albuquerque, NM, USA 24 September 1945 Salvaged by RFC at Albuquerque 24-Sep-45.

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