41-23788 - Avenger
Black Sunday-Ploesti - Michael Hill
The B-24D named, Avenger, flew on the bombing mission to Ploesti, Romania, and returned safely to Benghazi, Libya. RTB. 1 Aug 1943.
Later, after returning to the U.K. with most of the 8th Air Force, Pilot Parker H. Jones was flying, Avenger, back to England after sustaining flak damage on a mission over Bremen, Germany, and crash landed on the first open space he found available. The plane exploded and burned upon landing in a minefield on the beach at the mouth of the river, Humber, off Skeffling, East Riding, Yorkshire, U.K. 4 POW - 6 KIA. 16 Dec 1943. MACR 4709.
- The wrecked airplane was salvaged. 29-30 Dec 43.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38194491
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-669980
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11012152
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39826843
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner; Assistant Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Survived Ploesti |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | A/C flew on the Ploesti mission, returned safely to Libya. 1 Aug 43. |
Manufactured |
Skeffling, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire HU12, UK | 16 December 1943 | Pilot Parker H. Jones coaxed the damaged A/C back to England, Belly landed on first open space available, exploded, and burned. 16 Dec 43 in a minefield on the beach in the mouth of the river Humber, off Skeffling, East Riding, Yorkshire, after a mission to Bremen. 4 POW 6 KIA. MACR 4709. |
Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya | 68th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. TDY 9th Air Force in North Africa, for Operation Tidal Wave. |