41-29400 Sagittarius / Sagittarias

media-13623.jpeg UPL 13623 Liberator B-24H-15-CF, 41-29400 2S-H, 'Sagittarius' of the 834th BS, 486th BG, 8th AF.

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Object Number - UPL 13623 - Liberator B-24H-15-CF, 41-29400 2S-H, 'Sagittarius' of the 834th BS, 486th BG, 8th AF.

486th Bomb Group converted to B-17s in 1944; aircraft transferred to Italy 10-Jan-45 and assigned to 15th AF, 449th BG, 716th BS and renamed "Sagittarias"

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Units served with

449th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

People

Phillip S Brinkman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37187863
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Draftsman

William Joseph Cusack

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801436
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Woodrow Francis Magers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6259611
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

Morris D White

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Roger Freeman / http://www.worldwarphotos.info / http://www.b24bestweb.com

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/sagittarias1.htm

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ContributorBill Morris
ChangesChanges to description
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www.b24bestweb.com via Fort Worth Aviation Museum
Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II edited by Maurer Maurer via Fort Worth Aviation Museum

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ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to markings and person associations
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Roger Freeman / http://www.worldwarphotos.info / http://www.b24bestweb.com

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ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesCreated entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations and media associations
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Roger Freeman / http://www.worldwarphotos.info / http://www.b24bestweb.com

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