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B-24H-15-DT #41-28846 "Gidi Gidi Boom Boom" Code: 55 449th BS - 717th BS - 15th AF

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Units

449th Bomb Group

  • 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)

Fifteenth Air Force

  • Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Aircraft

41-28846

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Gidi Gidi Boom Boom
  • Unit: 449th Bomb Group 717th Bomb Squadron

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