David Banker Mautner

Military

Object Number - UPL 64577 - 1st Lt David B. Mautner

Assigned to 852BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF

 

 

Awards: EAME, WWII Victory

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Units served with

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

People

Robert Wenskovitch
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13190253
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Aircraft

A shark mouth B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40101, "War Weary") nicknamed "Tubarao" of the 491st Bomb Group, used as a flight assembly ship. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: 'Tubarao, 491 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tubarao
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York City, New York 11 May 1917 BornNew York City, New York

Enlisted

Los Angeles, California 11 March 1941 EnlistedLos Angeles, California

Died

Las Vegas, Nevada 27 August 2006 DiedLas Vegas, Nevada

Buried

Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Boulder City, Nevada 30 August 2006 InterredSouthern Nevada Veterans Memorial CemeteryBoulder City, Nevada

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