42-51294 Airborne Angel

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

Missions

725

  • Date: 26 November 1944

Revisions

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ContributorSteve Wenzel
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Sources

Military records, AIRBORNE ANGEL James K. Wenzel in WWII (Wenzel 2020)

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ContributorSteve Wenzel
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MIlitary records, Airborne Angel  James K. Wenzel in WWII (Wenzel 2020)

Date
ContributorSteve Wenzel
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Military records,  AIRBORNE ANGEL  James K. Wenzel in WWII, (Wenzel 2020)

Date
ContributorSteve Wenzel
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Wenzel, Steve E., Airborne Angel James K. Wenzel in World War II (2020)(260 pages with numerous photographs, charts and records); Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Diary (1981), Miscl additional sources over two plus years of research and written stories and interviews with B-24 Pilot James K. Wenzel, his wife, sister, and children. The Airborne Angel, is a fact based chronicle of James K. Wenzel's WWII experiences.