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SPECIAL ORDERS NUMBER 112... 215TH COMBAT CREW TRAINING SCHOOL ARMY AIR BASE, PUEBLO, COLORADO 21 April1 944 PAGE1. Orders to move 491st from Pueblo, CO to airfield at Herington, KS for purpose of staging and processing. These orders contain the aircraft numbers and names of all original members of the four squadrons of the 491st (the 852nd, 853rd, 854th, 855th).
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-806391
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0809331
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-806007
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wham Bam Thank You Mam
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Flying Bull, Buffalo
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: 150
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: What's Cookin Doc
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron