42-95234 Everythin's Jake

media-49914.jpeg UPL 49914 B24H 42-95234 "Everything's Jake" 788th B.S.
Originally 492nd BG, 859 BS (X4 E+). Flew nine missions before transfer to 467th BG.
Photo Credit: James Mahoney. Courtesy of Brian Mahoney

http://www.b24bestweb.com/everythinsjake1.htm. (Info Contributor - Tom Brittan)
http://www.the467tharchive.org (Info Contributor: Andy Wilkinson)

Object Number - UPL 49914 - B24H 42-95234 "Everything's Jake" 788th B.S. Originally 492nd BG, 859 BS (X4 E+). Flew nine missions before transfer to 467th BG. Photo Credit:...

Transferred from the 492nd BG to the 467th BG, 788th BS in August

Returned to the USA, 11 Jun 45

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 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.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

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

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
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

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