Consoldated B-24J Liberator #1
by Arthur Eggers
Title
Consoldated B-24J Liberator #1
Artist
Arthur Eggers
Medium
Digital Art - Color Print
Description
The 380th Bombardment Group (H) flew B-24 Liberator bombers in the South West and Western Pacific areas in WWII. The B-24 was used in World War II by several Allied air forces and navies, and by every branch of the American armed forces during the war, attaining a distinguished war record with its operations in the Western European, Pacific, Mediterranean, and China-Burma-India Theaters. The 530th Bomb Squadron was established in late 1942 as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb squadron; trained under Second Air Force in Texas, and later in Colorado. Deployed to the Southwest Pacific Area (SPA) in April 1943 and assigned to Fifth Air Force in Australia. From airfields in Australia, including Fenton Airfield, the squadron reached out to the Japanese installations in the Netherlands East Indies. The 530th moved to the Philippines where the squadron operated in early 1945, then to Okinawa where combat operations ended after the Japanese Capitulation in August. After the war, squadron personnel were demobilized and returned to the United States, the B-24s sent to reclamation in the Philippines. Inactivated as a paper unit in early 1946.
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