42-51141 Pegasus
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FRE 6733
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51141) nicknamed "Pegasus The Flying Red Horse" of the 466th Bomb Group uses parachutes as a landing aid. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: 'B-24 42-51141, T9-N 466BG.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-928523
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group Headquarters (445th Bomb Group) Headquarters (466th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-22838
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Air Executive (445th )/Deputy Group Commander (466th )
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-829614
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31306650
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other First 466th BG Combat Mission |
Munich, Germany | 11 July 1944 | |
Other Last 466th BG Combat Mission |
Traunstein, Germany | This was the last 466th BG combat mission of the war. |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
466th BG Archives - Mission report for 25 August 1944
NARA research provided by Brad Sullivan