Consolidated B-24H-20-CF Liberator 42-50284 of the 493rd Bomb Group, 862nd Bomb Squadron. Nose art “Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby”
Combat Wing Assignment: 93rd CBW
3rd Air Division
Base: Debach, Suffolk England (Station 152)
Group tail code: X (square symbol)
493rd BG squadrons identification codes (B-24):
N6 – 860th Bomb Squadron
Q4 – 861st Bomb Squadron
8M – 862nd Bomb Squadron
G6 – 863rd Bomb Squadron
493rd BG squadrons identification codes and colors (B-17):
S – yellow – 860th Bomb Squadron
B – white – 861st Bomb Squadron
C – red – 862nd Bomb Squadron
P – blue – 863rd Bomb Squadron