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Personnel of the 489th Bomb Group inside a Nissen hut. Image via William Duffy.
William T Plese is sat on the soft chair to the right of centre.
This contains information written on the back of the original print and some of it may be inaccurate.
Personnel of the 489th Bomb Group inside a Nissen hut. Image via William Duffy.
Group
The 489th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators out of Halesworth, Suffolk, for several months from May 1944 until later in the year. The Group flew tactical missions in support of ground forces in northern France. It was in this tactical role that the crews...
Military | Corporal | Sheet metal
Assigned to 845BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 16 November 2021 14:11:48 | Emily | Changes to caption and person associations |
| Sources | ||
William Plese identified as appearing in this image by his family, in particular by his great granddaughter and his son, Bill. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 September 2014 15:24:58 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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