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Liberator B-24 41-28804 of the 460th Bomb Group on 16 June 1944

(Rus)  A B-24 of the 460th Bomb Group falls victim to an Me 109's attack near Vienna during the Fifteenth Air Force's strike against synthetic oil plants in the area on 16 June 1944. The crew were able to bale out before the aircraft went out of control and broke in two. The B-24 in the foreground, 41-28804, is an all-over grey-painted pathfinder with ground-scanning H2X radar. (IWM EA29146)

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