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The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.

489th Bomb Group

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

Three 844th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group B-24 Liberators fly in formation above the photographer's aircraft. The aircraft are: top-centre, "Ford's Folly" (4R-P); forward-right, "Plucky Lady" (4R-B); and back-left, "Bombers Moon" (4R-H). Handwritten caption on reverse: 'A/C: Ford's Folly, P; Plucky Lady, B; Bombers Moon, H.'

844th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

H F Boehm

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Ivan D Brown

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Richard Caldwell

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 489th Bomb Group
Role/Job: Navigator

Philip Comerford

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Role/Job: Gunner

John Dominy

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
Nationality: American
Unit: 489th Bomb Group

Places

P-47 Thunderbolt pilots of the 61st Fighter Squadron chat to one another after their latest mission, at Halesworth air base where the 56th Fighter Group were stationed. Left to right they are: Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, Lieutenant Eugene E. Barnum and Lieutenant Frank W. Klibbe. Passed for publication 26 November 1943.

Halesworth

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Holton

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