Metal Tags from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Bomber

Metal Tags from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Bomber

Dewey Hooper, Elon College Class of 1940

This is a photograph of two pieces of metal from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Liberator Bomber, which crashed in Australia in December 1942. Both are metal tags that identified parts of the aircraft's bomb rack. The inscription on the grey tag reads, "US Army Air Corps Bomb Rack" Several fields below are now unreadable, but the last field says, "Consolidated Aircraft Corp". This tag has twisted edges and is dented. The inscription on the black tag reads, "Release Bomb Rack Type A-2 (24 Volts D.C.)", indicating this tag was on a powered mechanism. The tag also includes several different identification numbers. At the bottom are the words, "Position Right Hand The Crosley Corp." This tag is heavily scratched on its surface.

Rob Brown, University Communications, Elon University, Photographer

Dewey Hooper Collection, Mss.Coll.011

Archives & Special Collections, Elon University

Item 1942; photographed 2022

Family of Dewey Hooper

Held by Elon University

JPG

English

Realia

Mss.Coll.011, Folder 1:11; AR036

Second World War