44-50235

B-24LSH-20-FO (equipped with H2X radar), 44-50238. Assigned to the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group based at Tibenham (USAAF Station 124), Norfolk, UK. Arrived in England in Feb. 1945 & did not fly any operational missions with the 445th before returning to the USA in May 1945. Salvaged at Kingman, AZ Jan 16, 1946.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Revisions

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Heavy Bombers of the Mighty Eighth
Battle Colors - Vol 1
Mike Simpson's 445th Bomb Group Website

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B-24LSH-20-FO (equipped with H2X radar), 44-50238. Assigned to the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group based at Tibenham (USAAF Station 124), Norfolk, UK. Arrived in England in Feb. 1945 & did not fly any operational missions with the 445th before returning to the USA in May 1945. Salvaged at Kingman, AZ Jan 16, 1946.