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A B-24 Liberator of the 491st Bomb Group after crash landing in Holland, 18 September 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18-9-44 B, 292 Extra.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '292/RF. 491BG got shot down, crash landing in Holland. 9/18/44.'
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A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40210) of the 491st Bomb Group crashing in Holland on 18 September 1944 during a supply mission as part of Operation Market Garden. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18-9-44 B, 292 Extra.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '292/RF. 491BG got shot down, crash landing in Holland, 9/18/44.' Pilot was Capt. James Kerwin Hunter. Sole survivor was left waist gunner S/Sgt Frank DiPalma. Plane slid into farmhouse and burned. Crash site is between Udenhout and Biezenmortel, at 51 36' 53" N, 5 10' 19" E.

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Units

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

William H Byrne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-814244
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Nose Gunner
A B-24 Liberator of the 491st Bomb Group after crash landing in Holland, 18 September 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18-9-44 B, 292 Extra.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '292/RF. 491BG got shot down, crash landing in Holland. 9/18/44.'

Frank Di Palma

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12030363
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

James Lester Evers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34588582
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

John Richard Granat

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39303415 / O-754955
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

James Kerwin Hunter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20706934 / O-799024
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator of the 491st Bomb Group after crash landing in Holland, 18 September 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18-9-44 B, 292 Extra.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '292/RF. 491BG got shot down, crash landing in Holland. 9/18/44.'

44-40210

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ill Be Seeing You
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron

Mission

B-24 Liberators of the 392nd Bomb Group fly low over countryside. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Holland or Rhine re supply 392 BG.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '18/9/44. 392BG B/24 dropping parachute supplies. Low level in Holland 9/17/44.'

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  • Date: 18 September 1944

Revisions

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47
ContributorRobertTX
ChangesChanges to caption
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Robert Baumgardner, Austin, TX

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47
ContributorEmily
ChangesChanges to unit associations, person associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
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Associated aircraft identified by Bill Hunter, relative of James Kerwin Hunter, people on board the aircraft when this photo was taken, bomb squadron and mission

Date: 2 Feb 2015 10:00:06
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection