Consolidated B-24H Liberator 'BUTTERCUP' Combat Loss Relic Display

Consolidated B-24H Liberator 'BUTTERCUP' s/n 42-52256 of the 739th Bomb Squadron, 454th Bomb Group, based out of San Giovanni, Italy. Shot down in action on April 12th, 1944, during a mission to bomb the Luftwaffe airfield at Bad Voslau, Austria.  

The 454th Bomb Group history for the month stated of the mission stated:

70-80 E/A [enemy aircraft], Me 110’s, Me 210’s, Ju 88’s, Me 109’s and Fw 190’s attacked the Group over the target from 1205 to 1245 hours. T/E/A [twin-engine aircraft], in groups of 4–6 attacked from 12 o’clock high in line abreast, firing rockets and cannons passing through the formation, and also attacked singly and in pairs from 6–10 o’clock, these E/A flying parallel with Group and then coming to attack. S/E/A [single-engine aircraft] attacked from 6–9 o’clock high, low and level. S/E/A carried 2 rockets […] Attacks were aggressive.