42-50426 Sleepy Time Gal

Sleepytime gal 42-50426 damaged during mission ground looped and salvaged IMG_9708.JPG FRE 1876 A B-24 Liberator of the 453rd Bomb Group with a collapsed front wheel. Identified as Sleepy Time Gal (serial number 42-50426) by its right waist gunner, Oliver "Mo" Morris. He says that a left front tyre was shot out and they had to land it back at Old Buckenham airfield without it. Image via MRA Collection. Roger Freeman Collection

Personal photo from Bombardier Robert B. Sands Jr.

Object Number - FRE 1876 - A B-24 Liberator of the 453rd Bomb Group with a collapsed front wheel. Identified as Sleepy Time Gal (serial number 42-50426) by its right waist...

Flew 35 missions. Two of these missions were flown on D-Day, 6 June 1944.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

People

Oliver L Morris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Donald Francis Ross

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 132nd Army Air Communications Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Starling Talbot

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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As told to me by Mo Morris.

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Sleepytime gal 42-50426 damaged during mission ground looped and salvaged

Object number: FRE 1876 - A B-24 Liberator of the 453rd Bomb Group with a...