490th Bombardment Group

850th Bomber Squadron

1945

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Dedicated to my Father, Frank Bailey a tail-gunner( first row second from right )  and to Richard Keough the Ball Turret Gunner ( first row far right ) and the rest of the crew  . Since posting this picture I know now that the pilot is the first from the left back row, Roger and that the copilot Carlos is second from the left back row. As I find out more I will try to put the faces with the names.

"Little Rebel"

Pilot: Roger Haendiges 

Co-pilot: Carlos Deremo

Navigator: Leonard Schlesinger

Bombardier: Ralph Licker

Engineer: William Bolger

Radio Operator: Erol ( Pop ) Conway

Gunner: Charles Arnaud

Gunner: Richard Keough

Gunner: Frank Bailey

Gunner: James Louden

Aircraft Flown and mission number

Taken from my Fathers Flight Record

Mission 103;  20 January 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Sterkrade Germany

Mission 104;  21 January 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Mannheim Germany

Mission 105; 28  January 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Kassel Germany

Mission 108; 3 February 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Berlin Germany

Mission 109; 6  February 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Zietz Germany

Mission 110; 9  February 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Wesel Belgium

Mission 111; 14 February 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Ghemnitz Germany

Mission 112; 15 February 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Ruhland Germany

Mission 115; 20 February 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Nurnberg Germany

Mission 116; 21 February 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Nurnberg Germany

Mission 117; 22 February 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Gera Germany

Mission 118; 23 February 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Kitzengen Germany

Mission 120; 25 February 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Munich Germany

Mission 121; 27 February 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25 Leipzig Germany

Mission 124; 2 March 1945 Number 42-98003 B-O 19 Nienhagen Germany

Mission 125; 3 March 1945 Number 42-98003 B-O 19 Ruhland Germany

Mission 129; 10 March 1945 Number 44-8413 A-F 13 Soest Germany

Mission 131; 12 March 1945 Number 42-98003 B-O 19 Siegen Germany

Mission 132; 14 March 1945 Number 42-98003 B-O 19 Hannover Germany

Mission 134; 17 March 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 26  Bitterfeld Germany

Mission 135; 18 March 1945 Number 43-38701 B-L 19  Berlin Germany

Mission 136; 19 March 1945 Number 43-38701 B-L 19  Lutzkendork Germany

Mission 138; 22 March 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25  Dusseldorf Germany

Mission 139; 23 March 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25  Geisecke Germany

Mission 140; 24 March 1945 Number 43-38103 B-K 25  Varel Germany

Mission 143; 31 March 1945 Number 43-37925 G-E 46  Stassfurt Germany

Mission 152; 14 April 1945 Number 43-38327 B-E 27  Port Royan France

Mission 153; 15 April 1945 Number 43-38327 B-E 27  Port Royan France

 Mission 154; 16 April 1945 Number 43-38327 B-E 25  Soulac France

Mission 155; 17 April 1945 Number 43-38327 B-E 27  Roudnice Czechoslovakia

Mission 157; 19 April 1945 Number 43-38327 B-E 27  Aussig Czechoslovakia

Mission Food Drop 1; 28 April 1945 Number 43-38327 B-E 25  Rotterdam Holland

Names on the planes he flew in with aircraft number

43-38103  

42-98003 "Noble Effort"

44-8413 

43-38327  "Belle of the Brawl"

43-37925

43-38701 

                      Taken in 1945 Eye, England                    
 

Taken in 1995 at an Air Show, Dupage County Airport, Illinois

The Planes and Markings of the 490th

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