Caption | US Navy maintenance crews with Bombing Squadron VB-106 clean engine parts under an airplane wing during a downpour at Momote Airstrip, Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, Mar 1944. Note Jeep and Army SB-24D Liberator. ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||
Identification Code | NH 75359 | ||||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Mormote, Admiralty Islands, Australian New Guinea | ||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
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"Goddam it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!"Captain Henry P. Jim Crowe, Guadalcanal, 13 Jan 1943
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The official Navy caption for this photo identifies the aircraft as PB4Y-1 Liberators with VB-106 at an unidentified southwest Pacific air field but the tail number visible on the aircraft in the distance (42-63805) identifies the bomber as a USAAF SB-24D Liberator with the 868th Bomb Squadron. The Jeep is marked 'USN' so there was clearly a combined presence at this location. The only base VB-103 and the 868th BS shared was Momote. The 868th BS assignment to Momote began 20 Mar 1944 and the bomber seen here was lost on 1 Apr 1944 when it crashed on Rendova Island, so it would seem this photo fits into a time window of 12-days. The SB-24D was a radar guided “Snooper” variant, which may explain the odd bubble on the chin of this aircraft. As snoopers and pathfinders, the 868th BS primarily flew night missions.