Edwin J Bockrath

Civilian
media-21054.jpeg UPL 21054 Front Row: Harvey West, Merle Kraus, Howard Bundick, John Nelson, Adolph Kreiger, Emil Fojtik
Back Row: Harold Burdekin, Joe Callahan, Stanley Pusko, Harold Wm. Schweetert, Ed Bockrath, Robert Bacher Harold W Burdekin collection

Harold W. Burdekin Records & 491st.org

Object Number - UPL 21054 - Front Row: Harvey West, Merle Kraus, Howard Bundick, John Nelson, Adolph Kreiger, Emil Fojtik Back Row: Harold Burdekin, Joe Callahan, Stanley...

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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.'

491st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-51493

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: 493
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron

42-95123

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: So round, so firm, so fully packed 6x w
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history

Edwin J Bockrath: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 21054 - Front Row: Harvey West, Merle Kraus, Howard...

Object number: UPL 21092 - 42-95123 So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed 6X W...