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B-24H-25-FO #42-95130 Code: IS-P+ 445th BG 700th BS 'Spirit of Pocahontas'
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B-24H-25-FO #42-95130 Code: IS-U+ 445th BG

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Units

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

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (IS-P) of the 703rd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group prepares for take off. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'A B-24 takes off from our field. During the war many Fortresses and Liberators made emergency landings here due to shortage of fuel, or being shot up, or weathered off their home base, or casualties aboard.'

42-95130

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Spirit of Pocahontas
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

Locations

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

Date:
ContributorPaulN
ChangesChanges to Related Aircraft, Related Places and Related Units
Sources

Joe Baugher - Tail Numbers 1942

Pete Johnson - photo attributed on Bestweb

Date:
ContributorPaulN
ChangesChanges to Name, Image (alt text), Related Aircraft, Related Places and Related Units
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Joe Baugher tail registry 1942 and photo with original markings Pete Johnson on bestweb

Date:
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesCreated entry with collection, caption, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
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Chris Brassfield