41-28967 First Sergeant Spotted Ape

A crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28967) nicknamed "First Sergeant" of the 458th Bomb Group used as a flight assembly ship. Printed caption on reverse: 'A-81775 AC A Consolidated B-24-H, A/C 41-28967, of the 458th Bomb Gp, which crashed as it came in for a landing at an air base somewhere in England. 9 March 1944. US Air Force Photo.' media-380739.jpg FRE 1933 A crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28967) nicknamed "First Sergeant" of the 458th Bomb Group used as a flight assembly ship. Printed caption on reverse: 'A-81775 AC A Consolidated B-24-H, A/C 41-28967, of the 458th Bomb Gp, which crashed as it came in for a landing at an air base somewhere in England. 9 March 1944. US Air Force Photo.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1933 - A crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28967) nicknamed "First Sergeant" of the 458th Bomb Group used as a flight assembly ship. Printed caption...

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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.'

458th Bomb Group

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

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A crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28967) nicknamed "First Sergeant" of the 458th Bomb Group used as a flight assembly ship. Printed caption on reverse: 'A-81775 AC A Consolidated B-24-H, A/C 41-28967, of the 458th Bomb Gp, which crashed as it came in for a landing at an air base somewhere in England. 9 March 1944. US Air Force Photo.'

Object number: FRE 1933 - A crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28967)...