Metal Fragment from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Bomber
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Title
Metal Fragment from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Bomber
Subject
Dewey Hooper, Elon College Class of 1940
Description
This is a photograph of a metal fragment that was part of Dewey Hooper's B-24 Liberator Bomber, which crashed in Australia in December 1942. The fragment is steel and is twisted with jagged edges. Painted on the fragment is the following inscription: "B-24 Liberator-Serial No. 123825-Crashed Hichinbrook (sic) IL. Australia-18 December-42". After this inscription, the names, ranks, and serial numbers of the five crew members are listed along with the nickname of the aircraft, "Texas Terror".
Creator
Rob Brown, University Communications, Elon University, Photographer
Source
Dewey Hooper Collection, Mss.Coll.011
Publisher
Archives & Special Collections, Elon University
Date
Item 1942; photographed 2022
Contributor
Family of Dewey Hooper
Rights
Held by Elon University
Format
JPG
Language
English
Type
Realia
Identifier
Mss.Coll.011, Folder 1:14; AR039
Coverage
Second World War
Files
Collection
Citation
Rob Brown, University Communications, Elon University, Photographer, “Metal Fragment from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Bomber,” Elon University Archives and Special Collections, accessed May 5, 2024, https://belkarchives.omeka.net/items/show/103.