42-52744 Ding Dong Daddy From Dixie Capricorn

media-13625.jpeg UPL 13625 Liberator B-24H-15-FO, 2S-L 42-52744 'Capricorn' of the 834th BS, 486th BG, 8th AF. Renamed from 'Ding Dong Daddy From Dixie'

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Object Number - UPL 13625 - Liberator B-24H-15-FO, 2S-L 42-52744 'Capricorn' of the 834th BS, 486th BG, 8th AF. Renamed from 'Ding Dong Daddy From Dixie'

Assigned to 834BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred in Jul-44 to 835BS. May have been transferred briefly to 493rd BG but definitely transferred to MTO 10 Mar 45 by BAD 3 and assigned to 98th BG. Salvaged 27 Apr 45.

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Units served with

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
Three airmen of the 389th Bomb Group stand with a B-24 Liberator used as a Flight Assembly Ship. Image via Tim Bivens. Handwritten caption from Bivens: 'My friend remembers it being named "Bucksheesh Benny" that it was used to fly Jack Benny around USA shows. Says it flew in North Africa with Benny and was eventually assigned to 389th as a hack and later as a form-up ship. He thinks it was originally with another group (possibly 376th or 98th).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '389th BG Form-up ship.'

98th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth 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 (RAF)
  • 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

Louis B Williams

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-704640
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator / 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Assigned

06073 Pantanella, Province of Perugia, Italy 10 March 1945 Assigned to 98th BG, 15AF USAAF.

Other

Written off

27 April 1945 Salvaged 27-Apr-45.

Manufactured

Willow Run Airport, 801 Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, MI 48198, USA Built at Consolidated.

Assigned

Sudbury CO10, UK Assigned to 834BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF.

Assigned

Sudbury CO10, UK Transferred to 835BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Stored

Warton, Carnforth, UK Storage at BAD3.

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42-52744: Gallery (4 items)

One of the nose arts by Phil Brinkman, of one of the eleven Zodiac signs, painted on 486th Bomb Group B-24 Liberators. In this photograph is the B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Capricorn", named after the sign; this aircraft was formerly nicknamed "Ding Dong Daddy from Dixie". [See http://www.486th.org/Photos/AC1/Zodiac1.htm]

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