489th Bombardment Squadron Ground Crews
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Uploaded by 489thcorsica on May 1, 2009
This video shows some of the activity of B-25 ground crews from the 489th Bombardment Squadron of the 340th Bombardment Group based at Alesani, Corsica in 1944. B-25J "Morning Mission" (tail number 9W, serial number 43-27659) is featured. T/Sgt Forrest L. Westbrook became the crew chief for "Morning Mission" in May of 1944 and brought the aircraft through 154 total combat missions until the end of WWII. "Morning Mission" was distinguished by flying its first 114 missions on its original engines without engine failure, apparently an exceptional statistic for a B-25J. T/Sgt Quentin C. Kaiser flew three of his 65 combat missions in this aircraft: #2 on May 26, 1944 to Piteccio, Italy; #49 on Dec. 26, 1944 to Rovereto, Italy; and #59 on Jan 18, 1945 to San Michele, Italy.
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my uncle flew this very plane,all i have is a picture of him and his plane,thanks for posting,very grateful
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If you have any history to share about your father (digital copies of photos, logbooks, documents, etc.), I'll ad it to my website about the 489th Squadron:
We strive to preserve this interesting history.
Please email to: 489thcorsica@gmail.com
489thcorsica 6 months ago