44-40163

media-49761.jpeg UPL 49761 ID's of the six Liberators in the photo on the Belfort Mission

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Object Number - UPL 49761 - ID's of the six Liberators in the photo on the Belfort Mission

20 Jun 44: Lost with Val Preda Crew 601

4 KIA, 6 POW, MACR 7080

Aircraft replaced with 44-40135 DAISY MAE obtained from the 858th.

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Units served with

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

Rudie C Bartel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a shirt and tie . Silver wings and medal-ribbons are pinned above left-side shirt lapel. There are sergeant stripes on the shirt sleeve. Subject is not looking directly in lens and is not smiling

Nello Centore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11044841
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Walter J Kean

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Douglas E Pierce

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14098584
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Jack S Reed

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Places

Missions

394

  • Date: 6 June 1944
  • Official Description:

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

Baltic Sea 20 June 1944

Revisions

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Sources

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Sources

MACR 7080 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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