Tom Docherty
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B-17 and B-24 photo identification please
Here is another batch of aircraft I am trying to identify from the photos. I have had no luck so far and hope you can help. I need to tie up unit-serial number-codes and any other info you may have.  B-24 42-5719 coded D  B-24 named Sturgeon  B-24 named Little Jo  B-17G named Shoo Shoo Baby - has name Murray on nose and another above but not quite legible.
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"Little Jo" B24-H-20-DT, #41-28958. 713th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group; crashed while landing in Belgium 27 FEB 1945.
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Hi Donall, Thanks for hunting this information out. Yours Tom
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The first one; take a closer look at that serial. From Joe Baugher's serial list -- Ford B-24H-1-FO Liberator, serial 42-7519 (93rd BG, 328th BS) interned in Switzerland Jan 7, 1944. MACR 2367 -- Alan
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Donall, Do you know where in Belgium? Thanks, Phil
Phil in Bruxelles, Belgium
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Joe Baugher's list says near Herne, Belgium.
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The only additional information I have is that it was left for salvage at the "emergency airfield" where it crashed landed.
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Tom, Does this help any ? Mike
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Hi Alan, That was the one I was searching for. Unfortunately a typo of the serial on my part! Thanks Tom
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mike Tom, Does this help any ? Mike Hi Mike, Not really, still quite blurred and hard to read top name Thanks Tom
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Thanks guys for finding the information, all I need to pin down now is Sturgeon and Little Jo Tom
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Could the top name in the photo be Estelle?
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Tom - B-24 # 42 - 110066 IO " Sturgeon " 448th BG , 715th Sq. 10/24/45 - RFC Altus, OK. Mike
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shooshoobaby Tom - B-24 # 42 - 110066 IO " Sturgeon " 448th BG , 715th Sq. 10/24/45 - RFC Altus, OK. Mike Thanks Mike, Great piece of research. Just Little Jo to pin down now! Tom
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Umm ... Tom, didn't Donall call out "Little Jo" in post #2?
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AlanStarcher Umm ... Tom, didn't Donall call out "Little Jo" in post #2? Doh! Senior moment!
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A good web sit to also try is www.b-24.net found several good pic of nose art. Gary
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