44-40113 Gambling Lady

media-37956.jpeg UPL 37956 B-24J-145-CO #44-40113 Gamblin' Lady Code: RE-K
93rd BG - 329th BS
Had previously flown with the 492nd BG - 857th BS coded 9H-G

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Object Number - UPL 37956 - B-24J-145-CO #44-40113 Gamblin' Lady Code: RE-K 93rd BG - 329th BS Had previously flown with the 492nd BG - 857th BS coded 9H-G

The aircraft was named such because the crew number was 711.

Transferred to 93rd BG, 329th BS, a/c code markings: RE:K

About mid Jan 45, it was converted into a Pathfinder and transferred to the 409th BS as a lead aircraft, a/c code markings: YM:Y

Returned to USA 1945

Connections

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Units served with

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.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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.'
  • 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.
  • Date: 5 August 1944
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group fly in formation.
  • 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
  • Date: 3 August 1944
  • Date: 1 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

First 492nd BG Mission

Melun, France 24 May 1944

Other

Final (16th) 492nd BG Mission

Hamburg, Germany 6 August 1944 Transferred to the 93rd BG when the original 492nd BG was disbanded

Revisions

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