WW2 – The Americans in Sudbury » Aircraft

The 486th Bomb Group was initially equipped with B-24 Liberators but converted to B-17 Flying Fortresses during July 1944.

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B-24 Liberator in flight

$Decoration on B-24 \'Hard to Get\'$

$Gemini, \'Zodiac\' Squadron$

$Sagittarius, \'Zodiac\' Squadron$

$Virgo, \'Zodiac\' Squadron$

B-24s over the target

B-17s in formation 1

B-17s in formation 2

B-17s over Friars Meadow

B-17 landing at Station 174 Sudbury

$B-17G Fortress \'Umbriago\'$

Umbriago - nose art

$B-17G \'American Beauty\'$

$B-17 \'American Beauty\'$

$\'American Beauty\' in flak$

$B-17 \'Rack and Ruin\' releasing its bomb load$

Mercy mission June 3 1945

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Sudbury Museum Trust gratefully acknowledges the funding support of the 486th Bomb Group Association
Content: David Burnett
Construction: Simon Appleby
Design: Robin Drury

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