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By Mark Hilton, June 27, 2017
Consolidated B-24J "Liberator"
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Louisiana, Bossier Parish, Barksdale AFB — The B-24 Flying Eightballs — Dedicated to the 44th Bomb Group (H) —
Near Shreveport Road at Lindbergh Road.
14th Combat Wing - 8th Air Force - WWII. Shipdham, England 7 Nov. 1942 - 25 May 1945. 344 Combat Missions - 330 Enemy A/C Destroyed. 8009 sorties delivered 18,980 tons of bombs with 153 A/C losses Two presidential unit citations: . . . — — Map (db m105931) HM WM
2 ► Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Carlisle, Middlesex Township — 44th Bomb Group (Heavy) —
Near Army Heritage Drive.
44th Bomb Group (Heavy) 8th Air Force – U.S. Army Air Corps Station 115, Shipdham, England Sept. 1942 – May 1945 66th, 67th, 68th, 506th Squadrons 8000 personnel/344 combat missions 153 B-24s lost/330 Axis aircraft AC shot down 859 aircrew . . . — — Map (db m104821) WM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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