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A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-78439) of the 484th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force after a forced landing in Dubendorf, Switzerland. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Dubendorf 3-8-1944.'

B-24G-16-NT #42-78439
484th Bomb Group - 825th Bomb Squadron
Interned in Switzerland 3 August 1944

IWM catalogue record

This contains information written on the back of the original print and some of it may be inaccurate.

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-78439) of the 484th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force after a forced landing in Dubendorf, Switzerland. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Dubendorf 3-8-1944.'

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  • 15th Air Force

    15th Air Force


    The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force. ...

  • 484th Bomb Group

    484th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 484th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was constituted on 14 September 1943 as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombardment group and activated on 20 September at Harvard Army Air Field, Nebraska. Its original squadrons were the newly activated 824th,...

  • 825th Bomb Squadron

    825th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron
    Established in late 1943 as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb squadron; trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) in April 1944, being assigned to Fifteenth Air Force in Southern Italy. ...

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Collection name
Roger Freeman Collection
Object number
FRE 8915

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
17 November 2016 18:06:49 466thHistorian Changes to caption, unit associations and place associations
Sources

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b24.html
Date Contributor Update
02 February 2015 10:00:12 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

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