42-52746 Ready Betty Sky Master

media-22979.jpeg UPL 22979 B-24H 'Ready Betty' 42-52746 838BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Object Number - UPL 22979 - B-24H 'Ready Betty' 42-52746 838BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF.

Assigned to 838BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF named 'Ready Betty'. Lt William W Halliday [P] 2nd Lt Arthur D Erwin [Co] and crew flew 42-52746 overseas via the southern Atlantic ferry route and arrived in England by mid-April 1944. Modified to a night bomber (painted black) and renamed 'Sky Master', transferred to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF, transferred to 856BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. Returned to ZI 9-Jul-45.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

People

Arthur D Erwin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William W Halliday

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: B-24H #42-52746 'Ready Betty'.
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William A Yowell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Returned ZI

United States 9 July 1945 Returned to Zone of the Interior 9-Jul-45.

Manufactured

Willow Run, Ypsilanti Charter Twp, MI 48198, USA Built at Ford for Consolidated.

Delivered

Michigan, USA Delivered to USAAF.

Assigned

Lavenham, Sudbury CO10, UK Assigned to 838BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Transferred

North Pickenham, Swaffham PE37, UK Transferred to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Transferred

North Pickenham, Swaffham PE37, UK Transferred to 856BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

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