Featured on this page are " Carpet Baggers"- 466th BG Liberators: "Snafu Snark" "Queen of Hearts", "Generator Jenny" and "Pegasus"
The North Sea was only a few miles north of Attlebridge .
In the early morning hours, the B-24's would take about 90 minutes to get into formation
off the beach at Cromer. After the combat missions the English coast was a welcome sight.
CARPETBAGGERS
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The "Carpetbaggers" were a special operations group that flew night missions over enemy territory to drop in Intelligence Operatives and supplies. Their B-24's were stripped of armaments and painted black to blend in with the night skies. They were based at Harrington in East Anglia
The Print above features two B-24's : A/C # 41-28789 "Blonde Bomber and A/C # 42-94794 "Yankee Maid"
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SNAFU SNARK
Snafu Snark did not survive the war. The first crew, piloted by Malcom Dyke flew their 32 missions. The next crew had to crash land at another base in England after a combat mission and the aircraft was not salvagable.
B-24J #44-40320
"Generator Jenny" 466th Bomb Group 785th Sq.