96th Combat Bomb Wing

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media-19134.jpeg UPL 19134 Brigadier General Walter Peck
Commander of the 96th Bomb Wing after returning from a mission with the 466th BG
B-24H-25-DT #42-51141 "Pegasus" Code: T9-N is the aircraft with it's tail visible in the background 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 19134 - Brigadier General Walter Peck Commander of the 96th Bomb Wing after returning from a mission with the 466th BG B-24H-25-DT #42-51141 "Pegasus" ...

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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
Unofficial emblem of the 467th Bomb Group.

467th Bomb Group

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

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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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