42-50675 Bold Venture III

media-37931.jpeg UPL 37931 B-24J-1-FO #42-50675 "Bold Venture III" Code: X4-F+
492nd Bomb Group - 859th Bomb Squadron
SSGT Lyle Ostrander a Flight Engineer on the Paul Crew is in the pilot's seat

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Object Number - UPL 37931 - B-24J-1-FO #42-50675 "Bold Venture III" Code: X4-F+ 492nd Bomb Group - 859th Bomb Squadron SSGT Lyle Ostrander a Flight Engineer on the Paul Crew...

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 467th Bomb Group.

467th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

People

Benjamin Alan Babitz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-702882
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt, tie and cap. Silver wings and medal ribbons are pinned above left-side jacket lapel. There are sergeant stripes on the jacket sleeves. Subject is looking right in lens and is not smiling

Joseph T Capossela

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32453640
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Benjamin Buckcheister Cronemeyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 32726873
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

Thomas W Floyd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16031290
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Duane Clair Heath

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36294811
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Places

Missions

A B-24 Liberator of the 492nd Bomb Group bombs a target near Hamburg. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'USAF- 492nd BG showing successful result on oil target near Hamburg, 6 Aug 1944.'

524

  • Date: 6 August 1944
A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.

519

  • Date: 5 August 1944

516

  • Date: 4 August 1944
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear, four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

513

  • Date: 3 August 1944

508

  • Date: 1 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

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1st Combat Mission

Anizy, France 1 August 1944 492nd BG

Crashed

Vowchurch Common, UK 26 December 1944 Crashed after crew bailed out. Flying with the 467th BG at this time

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