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Catalog Number:
1989.172
Location:
BLDG 201, 4TH FLOOR, C WING HALLWAY
Description:
The painting illustrates a B-24H of the 446th Bomb Group, 706th Bomb Squadron, flown by First Lieutenant Samuel A. Lyons, Sr. while stationed at Bungay, England during the summer of 1944. The 446th BG flew as the spearhead of the bombing group on the D-Day invasion. "Bringing'em Home" depicts the final mission for Lt. Lyons and his crew. As they flair on final approach, just before touchdown back at their home base at Bungay, they were unaware that their orders to return to the states awaited them.