A 464th Bomb Group B-24 flies through flak.
(rudeerude)

Flak

B-24's from the 464th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force dropping bombs on the railyards at Heiligenstadt, near Vienna, on March 22,1945.(rudeerude)

464th Bomb Group

Martin B-26G-1-MA Marauder,s/n 43-34165
573rd BS, 391st BG, 9th AF.
Hit twice by AAA over the target on the December 2,1944 mission to Saarlauten,Germany causing the pilot to belly-land back at the base in France. Three were wounded, including the pilot, and one man was killed.

2ndLt. Edmund B. Dunn - pilot (wounded)
2ndLt. Edwin H. Armstrong - copilot
S/Sgt. Oliver W. Hartwell - bombardier
S/Sgt. Jesse M. Elerbee - flight engineer/gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. James B. Sims - radio operator/gunner (wounded)
Sgt. John J. Wagner - armorer/gunner (wounded)

S/Sgt. Elerbee was a substitute flight engineer, replacing Sgt. Clarence B. Altic,Jr.