42-50770

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50770) of the 492nd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '250770, 5Z:I 856 BS, MIA 4/8/44 Sweden.' media-395715.jpg FRE 6891 A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50770) of the 492nd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '250770, 5Z:I 856 BS, MIA 4/8/44 Sweden.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 6891 - A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50770) of the 492nd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '250770, 5Z:I 856 BS, MIA 4/8/44 Sweden.'

Replaced 42-95215 MOONSHINE EXPRESS at the 492nd BG

To our knowledge this aircraft was never given a nickname or had any nose art painted on it.

4 Aug 44: w/Ives R-48, crippled by flak, they went to Sweden. 10 interned, MACR 7715

 

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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.

492nd Bomb Group

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

People

William Douglas Austin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34770530
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer/Gunner

Michael Burzelis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Lawrence L Confer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33683106
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Richard H Dickerson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12086444
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Herbert S Grant

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-719055
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group fly in formation.

514

  • 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

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 4 August 1944

Revisions

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MACR 7715 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50770) of the 492nd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '250770, 5Z:I 856 BS, MIA 4/8/44 Sweden.'

Object number: FRE 6891 - A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50770) of the...