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A B-24 Liberator of the 458th Bomb Group receives a direct flak hit during a mission over Hanover, 12 December 1944 Official caption on image: "8th AF Liberator Takes Direct Hit And Disentegrates In Air. US AAF Photo 230-5." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'EA 39108, 12/12/44, Hanover. 458BG.'
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A B-24 Liberator of the 458th Bomb Group receives a direct flak hit during a mission over Hanover, 12 December 1944 Official caption on image: "8th AF Liberator Takes Direct Hit And Disentegrates In Air. US AAF Photo 230-5." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'EA 39108, 12/12/44, Hanover. 458BG.'

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Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection