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A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51126) of the 392nd Bomb Group that has crashed in Belgium. Written on slide casing: '392 BG GC, 251126 Nr Belgium.'

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Units

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A group photograph of the crew of a B-24 Liberator (QK-D+, serial number 42-51126) nicknamed "Umbriago", 506th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, Shipdham, 1944. Standing at the back are: Lieutenant Harry C. Bate, the Co-Pilot, from Ashland, Ohio; Lieutenant John B. Conrad, a Navigator, from Lexington, Kentucky; Captain John H. Jones, a Navigator, from Boston, Massachusetts; Lieutenant Leonard C. Waldo, a Navigator, from Detroit, Michigan; Lieutenant Michael I. Connery, the Bombardier, from Georgetown, Conne
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Umbriago
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron

Locations

Revisions

Date:
Contributorjrugman
ChangesChanges to place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

Page 147, The Mighty Eighth in Color, Roger Freeman

Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection