857th Bomb Squadron

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media-13635.jpeg UPL 13635 Corporal Phillip S Brinkman of the 486th Bomb Group painted the nose art of a B-24 Liberator 42-52693 "Aries" of 857th BS, 492nd BG, 8th AF.

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Object Number - UPL 13635 - Corporal Phillip S Brinkman of the 486th Bomb Group painted the nose art of a B-24 Liberator 42-52693 "Aries" of 857th BS, 492nd BG, 8th AF.

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Unit stations

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North Pickenham

People

Anthony Darpino

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32562601
  • Role/Job: Basic Soldier

Alfred H Dauman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-715729
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Bruno Ferraro

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31195862
  • Role/Job: Munitions Worker

Alfred J Formanek

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Alfred L Frank

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-823555
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Pilot

Aircraft

42-51118

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: We'll Get By
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
Two B-24 Liberators, "273" (left) and (serial number 42-51171) (right) of the 467th Bomb Group after a ground collision. Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-51171, Q2-? (ex-492 BG) was being given pre-flight checks by C/C & assistant C/C. All four engines were running at 1500 RPM for generator output when a/c jumped over wheel chocks, crossed runway and crashed into a/c 273. Both a/c loaded with bombs but none exploded.'

42-51171

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Eli Swof, Jr
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 790th Bomb Squadron 790th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-52508) nicknamed "Libra ?" of the 486th Bomb Group. The nose art was painted by the artist Phillip S Brinkman.

42-52508

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Libra
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron

42-52693

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Aries
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 834th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group

42-52746

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ready Betty Sky Master
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

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