Jim O'Conner

Military
media-40341.jpeg UPL 40341 B-24 Liberator 42-95289 'Little Rollo' of 707BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF with ground crew. Dewayne Simmonds is kneeling on the right.

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Object Number - UPL 40341 - B-24 Liberator 42-95289 'Little Rollo' of 707BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF with ground crew. Dewayne Simmonds is kneeling on the right.

Assigned to 707BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-95289

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little Rollo
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bungay

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE DIARY by Wassom & Brassfield, page 349

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