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A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-78289) nicknamed "Flak Strainer" of the 484th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Flak Strainer '44' 82435/ 484 BG Dijon-Longvic 10/44.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24L- -CO. 824 BS, 484 BG Italy 15 AF "44" "Flak Strainer" Oct 1944.'
B-24G-10-NT #42-78289 "Flak Strainer"
484th BG - 825th BS
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A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-78289) nicknamed "Flak Strainer" of the 484th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Flak Strainer '44' 82435/ 484 BG Dijon-Longvic 10/44.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24L- -CO. 824 BS, 484 BG Italy 15 AF "44" "Flak Strainer" Oct 1944.'
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,...
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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Headquarters
The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force.
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B-24 Liberator
Military site : airfield
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 17 November 2016 04:24:16 | 466thHistorian | Changes to caption, unit associations and place associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 February 2015 10:00:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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