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UPL 33297

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The "Jolly Roger"

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A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-450443) of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force releases bombs during a mission.

451st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28861) nicknamed "Burma Bound" of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, with a smoking engine as a result of a direct flak hit during a mission over Munich, 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '62011 AC- The number four engine (far left) of BURMA BOUND, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator of the 15th Air Force, was hit by flak as the plane returned from blasting a target at Munich, Germany. It limped homeward on three engines. December 1944. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten capt

727th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

James C Atkinson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 451st Bomb Group 727th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 14151747
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
Role/Job: Radio/Gunner

Aircraft

42-52081

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Jolly Roger
Unit: 451st Bomb Group 727th Bomb Squadron

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Date: 12 May 2018 02:16:53

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