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Air Transport Command

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  • First Lieutenant Richard Steck of the 392nd Bomb Group instructs his crew and 10 passengers before a flight from Wales in a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95151) nicknamed

    First Lieutenant Richard Steck of the 392nd Bomb Group instructs his crew and 10 passengers before a flight from Wales in a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95151) nicknamed "Monotonous Maggie". Image via BL Davies. Image stamped on reverse: 'Official USAAF Photograph By AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: 'June 1945. ATC Euro Pro Release No. G-128 AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND SPEEDS US EIGHTH AAF ON ITS WAY: Flying Air Transport Command routes and using ATC facilities, the US Eighth Air Force is on its way to Japan, via the United States. These pictures, taken at the ATC at Valley, Wales, portray the intense activity at the base. Final instructions for last mission from UK: First Lieut Richard Steck of San Diego, Calif (centre in leather jacket) gives his crew and 10 passengers of "Monotonous Maggie" final instructions before their last flight from a United Kingdom base. Each of the bombers on its way to the US carries its crew of 10, plus 10 soldier passengers. In addition soldier’s mail also is being flown to the US in some of the bombers.'

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  • US Personnel wait to board a B-24 Liberator used by Air Transport Command. Was marked

    US Personnel wait to board a B-24 Liberator used by Air Transport Command. Was marked "Not To Be Published" 26 June 1942, but was passed as censored 27 Nov 1942. Printed caption on reverse: 'A Visit To Ferry Command. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Staff Sgt. James G. Osborne, of Chilhowie, Virg., assistant flight engineer and side gunner - Ready to deal with Jerry should he venture to attack. AKP/ROE 248033. 25-6-42B.' On reverse: Ministry of Information, Associated Press, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

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  • A Parisian lady outside

    A Parisian lady outside "Air Transport Command" building in Paris on VE Day. Image by Lieutenant J. Driscoll of the 566th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group. Handwritten on slide casing: 'Paris, V-E Day.'

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People

  • Harold Anderson

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Passenger
    Crashed due to unknown reasons near Devonshire on a ferry flight to Prestwick, Scotland on 2 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100409. Killed in Action (KIA).

  • Joe Arwood

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot
    RTD 3 Sep 1944. B-17G #44-8272.

  • Eugene Baker

    Military | Sergeant | Passenger
    Crashed due to unknown reasons near Devonshire on a ferry flight to Prestwick, Scotland on 2 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100409. Killed in Action (KIA).

  • William Baker

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Engineer
    B-24J #42-110039 crashed during poor weather while attempting to land at Filton, Gloucestershire on a ferry flight from Marrakech, French Morocco to Valley on 14 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).

  • John Bilonick

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Passenger
    Crashed due to unknown reasons near Devonshire on a ferry flight to Prestwick, Scotland on 2 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100409. Killed in Action (KIA).

  • Riley Cannon

    Military | Corporal | Gunner
    Plane crash landed when it ran out of gas trying to land in Ireland on a ferry trip from Goose Bay Canada/Killed in Action (KIA)

  • James Corones

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
    3 December 1943 crashed off South Wales in C-47#42-100511 on flight from Marrakech. Ditched on Bristol Channel. 6 RTD

  • David Costa

    Military | Corporal | Ball Turret Gunner
    KIS. B-17G #44-8272.

  • Clarence Counsell

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 303rd Bomb Group
    RTD 3 Sep 1944. B-17G #44-8272. Flew a total of 8 missions member of Joe Arwood's crew

  • Edward Coverdill

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
    Crashed due to unknown reasons near Devonshire on a ferry flight to Prestwick, Scotland on 2 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100409. RTD.

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Aircraft

  • 41-2595

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered MacDill 28/2/42; 97BG Sarasota 29/3/42; Ogden 7/7/42; 383BG Ainsworth 19/3/43; Wright-Patterson Fd 17/8/43, modified in 1944 to XC-108A experimental cargo a/c, bomb doors were sealed shut, armament removed, solid hinged nose piece and a large...

  • V3668

    Oxford
    Airspeed Oxford V3668, assigned to Air Transport Command USAAF.

  • 42-110039

    B-24 Liberator
    On 14 Mar 1944, B-24 42-110039 crashed at Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, during poor weather while attempting to land at Filton, Gloucestershire. The crew were a replacement 8th Air Force crew, on a ferry flight from Marrakech, French Morocco to Valley. Five...

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Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:42:43 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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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