44-40230 Tung Hoi

media-50666.jpeg UPL 50666 B-24 44-40230 'Tung Hoi', 852BS, 491BG

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Object Number - UPL 50666 - B-24 44-40230 'Tung Hoi', 852BS, 491BG

Assigned to 852BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed-landed on base 1-Jan-45 (Nose wheel collapsed - Salvaged).

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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

People

Guy Johnson

Guy S Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39124402 / O-717659
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

David Elwood MacCallum

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31370018
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner
Vernon McKinstry

Vernon Leroy McKinstry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-463894
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
Ted Parker a top turret gunner of the 491st Bomb Group in position inside the nose of a B-24 Liberator.

Ted Roosevelt Parker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38037021
  • Role/Job: Turret gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Metfield, UK 1 January 1945 Crashed-landed on base 1-Jan-45 (Nose wheel collapsed - Salvaged)

Assigned

Metfield, UK Assigned to 852BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

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44-40230: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 50666 - B-24 44-40230 'Tung Hoi', 852BS, 491BG

Object number: UPL 50667 - B-24 44-40230 'Tung Hoi', 852BS, 491BG

"Movement of Unit Flight Echelon, 491st Bomb Gp (H), dd 14 Mar 44 & amendments thereto dd 18 Unr 44 & 22 Mar 44 & 2nd AF Memo 35-2, dd 11 Apr 44• This is a TEMPORARY change of station.

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