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Object Number - UPL 17478 - -A
This aircraft is the first assigned to 1st Lt. Dean Strain and his original crew at the U.S. Air Force Base at Pueblo, CO. On 21 April 1944 the 491st Bomb Group received special orders to begin transfer to the airfield at Herington, KS for purpose of staging and processing for deployment.
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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: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-806391
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0809331
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
ContributorTimothy McKeown
Changes
Sources
The Ringmasters: 491st Bombardment Group (H). Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co. (1992), page 290.
