NAME | TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
GOL' WALLOPER |
B |
- |
24 |
H |
- |
30 |
- |
CF |
42-50418 |
15 |
485 |
829 | ~ | F | 00-3 | N/A |
Port (Left) Side
Info Contributor - James A. Leddy
GOL' WALLOPER, 15th AAF Consolidated Liberator named for the bait used by
Provo, Utah's famed sportsman, Earl Smoot, was confined to bed by paralysis, at
a 15th AAF base in Italy. The Liberator received its name when crew members
heard S/Sgt Richard Clark of Provo tell of Smoot's success with this bait and
the paralyzed man's request that a bomber be named for him.
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