UPL 16150
IMAGEB-24H-20-FO #42-94807 "Carioca-Bev" Code: 6L-P 466th BG - 787th BS Copilot Major Ralph I Fine painted this picture of his future wife Beverlee next to a cartoon image of joe carioca, and named this plane that he copiloted the "carioca Bev'. This plane was the second plane his crew used after the 'earthquake magoon" became inoperable.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Carioca-Bev
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
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Co-pilot Ralph I Fine, from Mpls.,MN USA, painted this picture of his future wife Beverlee Rockler on his plane and named it the "Carioca Bev"