FRE 8104

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A B-24 Liberator (IS-P) of the 703rd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group prepares for take off. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'A B-24 takes off from our field. During the war many Fortresses and Liberators made emergency landings here due to shortage of fuel, or being shot up, or weathered off their home base, or casualties aboard.'
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A B-24 Liberator (IS-P) of the 703rd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group prepares for take off. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'A B-24 takes off from our field. During the war many Fortresses and Liberators made emergency landings here due to shortage of fuel, or being shot up, or weathered off their home base, or casualties aboard.' Aircraft is a B-24H-25 FO, tail number 42-95130 and was named "Spirit of Pocahontas". She was lost 21 Jun 44 after ditching in the English Channel - MACR 6766

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A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (IS-P) of the 703rd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group prepares for take off. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'A B-24 takes off from our field. During the war many Fortresses and Liberators made emergency landings here due to shortage of fuel, or being shot up, or weathered off their home base, or casualties aboard.'

42-95130

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Spirit of Pocahontas
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date:
ContributorB24Mike
ChangesChanges to caption
Sources

NARA records of the 445th Unit Historian

Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection