42-99759 Cherokee

media-41249.jpeg UPL 41249 B-24J 42-99759 'Cherokee' #56 766BS, 461BG, 15AF.

Object Number - UPL 41249 - B-24J 42-99759 'Cherokee' #56 766BS, 461BG, 15AF.

Assigned to 766BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Transferred from 766th BS to 764th BS. Returned to 766th BS. Written off after belly landing returning from Vienna raid. Pilot Jay Garner. Nixon crew. 10 x RTD.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force drops supplies over a Prisoner of War camp in Austria, May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9 May 1945, Last 'combat' mission of 461st BG to British POW camp near Villack, Austria. #33 flown by Lt John Stegman- 765th BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 766th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16078577 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Cerignola #3

Events

Event Location Date Description

Assigned

Torreto, Italy Assigned to 766BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF.

Crashed

Torreto, Italy Written off after belly landing returning from Vienna raid. Pilot Jay Garner. Nixon crew. 10 x RTD.

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