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/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg?itok=-Lutusi4)
- 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