FRE 8908

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A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-60725), formerly of the 459th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force at the aircraft boneyard in Kingman, Arizona. Photographed by William T Larkins in February 1947. (added caption) B-24M-10-FO #44-50725 459th BG - 759th BS - 15th AF Code: 9W note: 44-60725 is not a B-24 serial #

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Units

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Second World War formation badge for the United States 15th Air Force (United States Army Air Force). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the US Quartermaster General on 19 February 1944. Formation note: the 15th Air Force (US Army Air Force, Fifteenth Air Force) was formed on 1 November 1943 at Tunis in North Africa and moved to Italy on 1 December. The Force was disbanded on 15 September 1945 having participated in twelve campaigns.© IWM (INS 7304)
  • Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-60725), formerly of the 459th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force at the aircraft boneyard in Kingman, Arizona.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 459th Bomb Group 759th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date:
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to caption, unit associations and place associations
Date:
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to caption
Sources

Photographer identified by John C Szabo of http://www.depot41.com/ who has known Larkins personally for over 35 years.

Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection