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"Belle Ringer" - B-24 Serial # 42-51195

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Units

491st Bomb Group

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

People

Rheudolph W Cain

• Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
• Nationality: American
• Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
• Service Numbers: 35847379
• Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
• Role/Job: Gunner

Aircraft

42-51195

• Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
• Nicknames: Belle Ringer
• Unit: 491st Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

Mission

886

• Date: 14 March 1945
• Official Description: Mission 886: 1,262 bombers and 804 fighters are dispatched to hit oil, rail and industrial targets in Germany; they claim 17-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air; 3 B-17s and 2 fighters are lost: 1. 526 B-17s are sent to hit oil refineries at Nienhagen...