41-28746 Jamaica?
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 2005 - The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28746) nicknamed "Jamaica?" of the 466th Bomb Group.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15311439
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-690845
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Missions
- Date: 24 March 1944
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg.webp?itok=47P7nfd_)
- Date: 22 March 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other First 466th BG Historian |
Berlin, Germany | 22 March 1944 | |
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
somewhere west of Saint-Dizier, France | 25 September 1944 | shot down on a "Truckin" Mission |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to nicknames, markings, person associations and place associations
Sources
Chris Brassfield
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources
MACR 9575 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
![The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28746) of the 466th Bomb Group, 15th of April 1944 and a bomber crew with their B-24 Liberator at Attlebridge , 18 February 1944. Composite image. Official caption on image "(GM-9-2-466)(15-4-44) Insignia A/C 41-28746, GP-1-5-446[sic])(18-2-44)(Crew of A/C No. 747, B-24)., First B-24 to land at Attlebridge. Me .'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-414409.jpg.webp?itok=QddBy-_U)
