Starling Talbot

Military

He flew with the crew of Sleepy Time Gal until their 17th mission when Headquarters took him off flying duties.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Sleepytime gal 42-50426 damaged during mission ground looped and salvaged

42-50426

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sleepy Time Gal
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron

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Revisions

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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As told to me by Mo Morris, who flew in the same crew with Starling Talbot.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc