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Sgt. Dale Deffendall, Tail Gunner. Note on back of photo reads: "The lad that never sees where he's going but only where he's coming from. An A-1 tail gunner... and he's never without that smile."

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The tail of a B-24 Liberator (4N-K, serial number 42-52634) of the 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group that crash-landed at Sudbury airfield on the 18 May 1944. Official caption on image: "ISAD-18 May 44-1147-(WPU Crash Damage, B-24H 42-52634, Sudbury) PQ." Handwritten caption on reverse: '486th B.G., 8th Air Force.' On reverse: Official Photograph of Photographic Section AAF Station 595 U.S. Army [Stamp, damaged].

George Soto

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
The tail of a B-24 Liberator (4N-K, serial number 42-52634) of the 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group that crash-landed at Sudbury airfield on the 18 May 1944. Official caption on image: "ISAD-18 May 44-1147-(WPU Crash Damage, B-24H 42-52634, Sudbury) PQ." Handwritten caption on reverse: '486th B.G., 8th Air Force.' On reverse: Official Photograph of Photographic Section AAF Station 595 U.S. Army [Stamp, damaged].

Curtis C Viertel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
The tail of a B-24 Liberator (4N-K, serial number 42-52634) of the 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group that crash-landed at Sudbury airfield on the 18 May 1944. Official caption on image: "ISAD-18 May 44-1147-(WPU Crash Damage, B-24H 42-52634, Sudbury) PQ." Handwritten caption on reverse: '486th B.G., 8th Air Force.' On reverse: Official Photograph of Photographic Section AAF Station 595 U.S. Army [Stamp, damaged].

Glenn D Walfoort

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
The tail of a B-24 Liberator (4N-K, serial number 42-52634) of the 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group that crash-landed at Sudbury airfield on the 18 May 1944. Official caption on image: "ISAD-18 May 44-1147-(WPU Crash Damage, B-24H 42-52634, Sudbury) PQ." Handwritten caption on reverse: '486th B.G., 8th Air Force.' On reverse: Official Photograph of Photographic Section AAF Station 595 U.S. Army [Stamp, damaged].

Henry J Wolff

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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