UPL 27028

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Digging out the main wheel of B-24H 41-29276 J4-T 'Rotten Socks' crash landed at Horsham when a main wheel blew out on its return from Friedrichshafen 16-Mar-44.

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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

Aircraft

41-29276

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Rotten Sock | Urgin Virgin
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

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ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

http://www.458bg.com/crew30manker.htm