Caption | B-24G Liberator “Fertile Myrtle” with the 724th Bomb Squadron flying over the burning oil refinery at Almásfüzitő, Hungary on the banks of the Danube, 9 Aug 1944. ww2dbase | |||||||
Photographer | Norman Phillips | |||||||
Source | ww2dbasePhillips Family Collection | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 9 Aug 1944 | |||||||
Photos at Same Place | Almásfüzitő, Hungary | |||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
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2. Anonymous says:
1 Apr 2019 04:46:15 PM
Thanks for posting, my Uncle was the pilot
1 Apr 2019 04:46:15 PM
Thanks for posting, my Uncle was the pilot
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22 Nov 2016 10:35:29 PM
Two weeks later, this aircraft was shot down by a swarm of 8 fighters during a mission to Markersdorf, Austria on 23 Aug 1944 (s/n 42-78471; MACR 7966)