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Personnel of the 846th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group. Image via Robert Buck. Written on slide casing: '846th personnel.'
Ground personnel of the 489th Bomb Group work on the engine of B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94860) nicknamed "Happy Warrior". Image via Robert Buck. Written on slide casing: '42-94860, +X. 846th Sqdn, late summer 1944.'
![A B-24 Liberator (8R-B, serial number 44-40072) of the 846th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group in France in 1945 or 46. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'France, 1945 or 1946. From [P.] Gandillet Files. 212.'](https://www.americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/freeman/media-414569.jpg?itok=0wFgpeRQ)
A B-24 Liberator (8R-B, serial number 44-40072) of the 846th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group in France in 1945 or 46. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'France, 1945 or 1946. From [P.] Gandillet Files. 212.'
An 846th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (8R-N) takes off from Halesworth airfield.
Two B-17 Flying Fortresses are flying over Munich on the 21st of July 1944 on the day's raid. Close to the middle at the bottom is a 489th Bomb Group aircraft (8R-U) of the 846th Bomb Squadron, and in the top left is a 466th Bomb Group aircraft ('U8') of the 786th Bomb Squadron. Handwritten caption on reverse: '(W) 8R+U & (L) U8? Munich, 21/7/44.'
Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for 1st Lieutenant Frank W Fulks of the 489th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file contains copies of primary documents that discuss the return of personal effects, circumstances and causes of death, and memorialisation of the fallen airman. If you require access to the full, unedited file please contact Bill Beigel via his website, www.ww2research.com, or the AAM Team at aamwebsite@iwm.org.uk
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50437) nicknamed "Apassionata" of the 489th Bomb Group. Image via Robert Buck. Written on slide casing: '"Apassionata", 42059437.' Roger Freeman Image - Flipped the correct way round, enhanced.
44-40072 B.T.O. (Big Time Operator) The B.T.O. flew 27 missions with the 492nd before being transferred out and is shown here with 36 bombs painted on it. The top Photo belonged to Phillip Davis and was submitted originally to www.b24bestweb.com by Dan Davis.
The men in this shot are unidentified, as is the bomb group and crew to which the B.T.O. was assigned at the time. Photo was originally submitted to www.b24bestweb.com by Ken Nellis.
Thomas L. McQuoid, Co-Pilot, 846 BS, 489 BG
Group
The 489th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators out of Halesworth, Suffolk, for several months from May 1944 until later in the year. The Group flew tactical missions in support of ground forces in northern France. It was in this tactical role that the crews...
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Military | Sergeant | 489th Bomb Group
Harry C Aaron was an American soldier in World War II. He was a part of the 489th Bomb Group and the 846th Bomb Squadron. He was born in 1917, in Maryland. He also lived in Maryland. His highest level of education was 4 years of high school. He...
Military | Staff Sergeant | 489th Bomb Group
Military | Private First Class | 489th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner | 489th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into North Sea in B-24 'Little Iodine' #4129533
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 489th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | 489th Bomb Group
Military | Private | 489th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | 489th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | 489th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 489th Bomb Group
Shot down 2 June 1944 in B-24 #42-94933 'Stubby Gal II'. Evaded.
See the page with full details about his evasion at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fandersec.html
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Stanley J. Biskup wrote an account of the last flight of Stinky. This can be found at: www.deanbiskup.com/blog/2020/01/10/stinkys-last-flight/
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Assigned to 846BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) St. Lo, France with Edwin Florcyk crew 24-Jul-44; shot down by flak and crashed near St Lo. 1 x EVD, 10 x KIA MACR 7915
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B-24H 42-94914 'Agony Wagon' 498BG/846BS was hit by a bomb dropped from above by 93BG over the target of Magdeburg, Germany which struck the aircraft between engines #1 and #2 causing complete failure of the wing and setting the aircraft on fire. (9...
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Shot down by Flak. Crashed near Creil. 1KIA, 7 POW, 2 evaded. MACR 8189.
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| 19 March 2015 10:51:30 | rossingtonj | Changes to type |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980) |
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