

Ground crew starting 357th Fighter Group commander Col. Note B-24 Liberator nose turrets at left. See comment below.ī-25 Mitchell bombers of the 42nd Bomb Group on the ramp at Munda, New Georgia, Solomons, 1943. Report documents the loss of the Russell Phillips crew on near Palmyra Atoll. Missing Air Crew Report 16163, page 2 of 2.

Missing Air Crew Report 16163, page 1 of 2. The photo was taken at Funafuti, Gilbert Islands photo 1 of 3ġLt Louis Zamperini, bombardier of this B-24D Liberator 'Superman' peering through a hole in the aircraft from a 20mm shell over Nauru, photo taken at Funafuti, Gilbert Islands photo 2 of 3ġLt Louis Zamperini, bombardier of this B-24D Liberator 'Superman' peering through a hole in the aircraft from a 20mm shell over Nauru, photo taken at Funafuti, Gilbert Islands photo 3 of 3ī-24 Liberator of the US 307th Bomb Group over the smoking airstrip on Nauru Island after being bombed, Apr 20, 1943.ī-24D Liberator 'Superman' at Funafuti, Gilbert Islands,, photo 1 of 4 note damage sustained in combat over Nauruī-24D Liberator 'Superman' at Funafuti, Gilbert Islands,, photo 2 of 4 note damage sustained in combat over Nauruī-24D Liberator 'Superman' at Funafuti, Gilbert Islands,, photo 3 of 4 note damage sustained in combat over Nauruī-24D Liberator 'Superman' at Funafuti, Gilbert Islands,, photo 4 of 4 note damage sustained in combat over Nauruī-24 Liberator bomber and crew of US 7th Air Force at Funafuti, Ellice Islands, circa May 1943ī-24 Liberator bomber in flight over eastern China, Feb-Jun 1943 224 Squadron returning to Beaulieu, Hampshire, United Kingdom, following a mission to escort a North African convoy, circa 1943.ġLt Charleton 'Hugh' Cuppernell, the co-pilot of this B-24D Liberator 'Superman' peering through a hole in the aircraft from a 20mm shell over Nauru, Apr 20 1943. US B-24D bomber approaching Eastern Island, Midway Atoll for landing, note albatrosses in foregroundī-24D Liberator lead assembly ship 'Barber Bob' of 93rd Bomber Group, US 328th Bomber Squadron based on RAF Hardwick, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Feb-May 1943Ĭonsolidated Liberator Mark IIIA of RAF No. BGen Westside T Larson, CO of Antisub Command in England, commends Capt Jack H Shaw, Navigator of B-24D Liberator “Tidewater Tillie,” at RAF St Eval, Cornwall, England after the aircraft sank a German U-Boat in the Bay of Biscay.ī-24E Liberator bomber in flight, Feb-Jun 1943
