Manduria airfield, Apulia Southern Italy, 13 March 1944: left landing gear failure and subsequently crash land of “Miss Fury”, B-24H-5-CF Liberator s/n 41-29212 of 450th Bomb Group’s 721st Bomb Squadron, 47th Bomb Wing, USAAF’s 15th Air Force. Victor Sierra

Liberator’s crash land

American bomber in mission over the Charente, SW France, 12 August 1944. The aircraft is the Consolidated Vultee B-24J-200-CO Liberator s/n 44-41159, "159-P" of the 465th Bombardment (H) Group’s 782nd Bomb Squadron, based at Pantanella, Foggia Airfield Complex, Southern Italy, as part of 15th Air Force’s 55th Bomb Wing headquartered at Spinazzola, commander Brig. Gen. George R. Acheson. This aircraft was lost on the January 31,1945 during a bomb mission against the oil refineries at Moosbierbaum, Austria, and crashed near Budapest. The all bailed out safely and were taken POW. Victor Sierra

Mission over the Charente

 An emergency landing on an Italian airfield :Consolidated B-24 Liberator. 


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