42-95210 Bugs Bunny

media-57241.jpeg UPL 57241 B-24H-25-FO, 42-95210, 445th BG, 700th BS, "Bugs Bunny", IS-U+. On the hardstand at Tibenham.

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Object Number - UPL 57241 - B-24H-25-FO, 42-95210, 445th BG, 700th BS, "Bugs Bunny", IS-U+. On the hardstand at Tibenham.

Flew 31 missions with the 445th BG. It was heavily damaged on the Kassel Mission, 27 Sep 44, & made a forced landing behind Allied lines, 15 miles east of Brussels, Belgium.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Revisions

Date
ContributorUALDC8
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Heavy Bombers of the Mighty Eighth
Battle Colors - Vol 1
Losses of the US 8th & 9th Air Forces - Vol 4

Date
ContributorUALDC8
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Heavy Bombers of the Mighty Eighth
Battle Colors - Vol 1
Losses of the US 8th & 9th Air Forces - Vol 4
Air Force Historical Research Agency

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