James C Mooney

Military

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

801st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-40997

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Screamin Mimi
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 564th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Englewood, New Jersey

Revisions

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Matched to A/C 42-40997

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ContributorAAM
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801st BG Roster, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia