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A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50365) nicknamed “Susu” of the 707th Bomb Squadron, 446th Bomb Group. Image via J Moulin. Handwritten caption on reverse: ‘B-24H-25-CF. 42-50365, “Susu”. 707 BS, 446 BG- 8th AF. Nice 1945.’
Bomb Group, who came to be known as “the Bungay Buckaroos” after the name of their Suffolk base, flew B-24 Liberators on strategic, support and interdictory missions over Europe. The Group led the Eighth Air Force and 2nd Bomb Division on the first heavy bomber mission on D-Day, 6 June 1944, and continued to support […]