Bernard J Majerus
Military
Roger Freeman / http://www.b24bestweb.com
Object Number - FRE 8527 - The nose art of a B-24 Liberator "Virgin Vampire" of the 487th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '487th B.G., 8th Air Force.'
On May 30, 1944, coming into land after a misssion in his B-24 #42-52745 'Virgin Vampire' the plane in front of him was going to slow. After requesting the tower to tell them to speed up or move, with no response, the front plane landed and again was requested to speed up and get off the runway, it didn't and Lt. Majerus rear ended the front plane. Only 2 men on the front plane were injured.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Virgin Vampire
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Added S/N per MACR 5224 at Fold3.com. Source: https://www.fold3.com/image/28644309
487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/roster/487thSqd838.htm
'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9
487th Unit History / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/MajerusCrew.shtml