Ira W Shattuck Jr

Military

INT. Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 7/21/44 in B-24 44-10496.

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-10496

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Puritanical Bitch
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Interned

21 July 1944

Revisions

Date2 Oct 2020 18:39:56
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Date27 Sep 2014 18:13:27
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7844