858th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
media-7414.jpeg UPL 7414 de Havilland DH98 Mosquito TA614 of the 801st-492nd Bombardment Group "The Carpetbaggers". The 8th Air Force "controlled" the bomb group that "served" OSS to accomplish its missions. Probably taken at their base AAF-179 - Harrington, England. This is the only all-black Mosquito at Harrington and used for flying training purposes ONLY . OSS records indicate TA614 NEVER flew a single Joan-Eleanor Mission for wireless transmissions from OSS field agents in enemy territory. It may have had "Patty" on the Port nose fuselage, and late April 1945,had the tail section painted crimson red.

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Object Number - UPL 7414 - de Havilland DH98 Mosquito TA614 of the 801st-492nd Bombardment Group "The Carpetbaggers". The 8th Air Force "controlled" the bomb group that...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

North Pickenham

People

Alfonso P Pesaresi

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33058051
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Operations

Eugene Polinsky

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-892070
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles C Pratt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Emmett H Rawles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-578956
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomb Sight Maint/Administrive Officer/MOS2120

Cecil L Richmond

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

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.

44-40159

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron

44-40167

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sierra Blanca
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron

44-40169

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bottle Baby
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron

44-49342

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron

44-49500

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th 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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