44-40283 Lassie Come Home

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40283) nicknamed "Lassie Come Home" of the 458th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '44-40283- Lassie Come Home- Tracy Pilot.' media-380732.jpg FRE 1926 The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40283) nicknamed "Lassie Come Home" of the 458th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '44-40283- Lassie Come Home- Tracy Pilot.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1926 - The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40283) nicknamed "Lassie Come Home" of the 458th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse:...

Employed as a 'mother' ship on Aphrodite [remote controlled, explosive packed flying bomber] project.

Crashed 14 January 1945, with the loss of 8 crew and two civilian children. A full account of the crash can be found here: http://www.458bg.com/crewdiehl.htm

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Rollin E Chapman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35224326
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

John J Clayborn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 02065134
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Walter Raymond Denton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39320527
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Stanley E Diehl

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0718579
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Rob Dix and Wilfred Tooman

Robert William Dix

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18070535 / O-664876
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Missions

523

  • Date: 6 August 1944

515

  • Date: 4 August 1944

Aircraft

42-30342

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: T'aint A Bird II
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 334th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite
Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 By Graham Simons

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite
Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 By Graham Simons

Date
Contributorusxpat
Changes
Sources

http://www.458bg.com/crewdiehl.htm
AAM

44-40283: Gallery (11 items)

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40283) nicknamed "Lassie Come Home" of the 458th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '44-40283- Lassie Come Home- Tracy Pilot.'

Object number: FRE 1926 - The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44...

Object number: UPL 14517 - Plaque on 14 Spynke Road, Norwich, near the place...

Object number: UPL 14526 - Diehl Crew, "Lassie Come Home"

'Lassie Come Home'

Object number: UPL 70177 - B-24 44-40283 'Lassie Come Home'

'Lassie Come Home'

Object number: UPL 70182 - B-24 44-40283 'Lassie Come Home'

'Lassie Come Home'

Object number: UPL 70189 - B-24 44-40283 'Lassie Come Home'

'Lassie Come Home'

Object number: UPL 70194 - B-24 44-40283 'Lassie Come Home'

'Lassie Come Home'

Object number: UPL 70201 - B-24 44-40283 'Lassie Come Home' crash site.

'Lassie Come Home'

Object number: UPL 70208 - B-24 44-40283 'Lassie Come Home'. Pilot Wilfred F...

'Lassie Come Home'

Object number: UPL 70223 - B-24 44-40283 'Lassie Come Home'. Rear L-R: John...