456th Bomb Group
Group History: Aircraft, Page Two
 
 

The 456th BG / 744th BSq "Short Snorter" delivers...

See other views in the "Crews" pages and the Photo Album, page 51.

High over the Alps

This is a B-24 waist gunners view of Italy during WW II. Notice the one
village that can be seen just off the point where the gun goes through the
waist window.

Directly below...

"Phoney Express I", scrapped for parts after flak damage.

"Phoney Express, II" (See more on the "Phoney Express II" here)

"Hot & Bothered" goes down hard, 2 July 1944

How not to land a B-24... This ship, carrying serial #44-50468 was a B-24M-5-FO belonging to the 740th Bomb Squadron of the 455th Bomb Group (earlier misidentified as being from the 454th Bomb Group, San Giovanni)


Be sure to look at the numerous photos of other B-24s scattered throughout this web site! And take a look at Robert Carlin's artwork of the Lady Corrinne, and his stories, by following this link to his work.

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Created 11/21/99 RJF
Last Edited 04/20/2003 RJF