Eugene D Scamahorn

Military

Flew on AC 348

On 18 September 1944 he flew one of the missions to supply the airborne forces who had landed in Holland. Their plane was hit by ground fire 'Dutch people waving to us on one side and the Germans shooting at us from the other' and had to divert to the Woodbridge Emergency Field. On landing the plane caught fire but all the crew got out safely and were trucked back to N. Pickenham

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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

People

David Glen Redfern

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 35393626
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

44-10558

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ma's Lil Angel
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Ringmasters Winter 1990/91

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.491st.org roster