42-40731 Hag Mag The Mothball Queen Eager Eve

media-14880.jpeg UPL 14880 B-24 Liberator #42-40731 'Hag Mag The Mothball Queen' 'Eager Eve'. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid and returned to Libya.

Object Number - UPL 14880 - B-24 Liberator #42-40731 'Hag Mag The Mothball Queen' 'Eager Eve'. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid and returned to Libya.

A/C flew on the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti mission, returned safely to Libya.

On 6 Oct 43 while taking off on the return flight from Marrakesh to the UK, hit a wall when just airborne. All but the pilots bailed out and the pilots crash landed it. It remained there and was reduced to components.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.
  • 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: 12143699
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-740800
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-673565
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13035494
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (44th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-734925
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Survived Ploesti

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 A/C flew on the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti mission, returned safely to Libya.

Crashed

Marrakesh, Morocco 6 October 1943 On 6 Oct 43 while taking off on the return flight from Marrakesh to the UK, hit a wall when just airborne. All but the pilots bailed out and the pilots crash landed it. It remained there and was reduced to components.

Assigned

Benghazi, Libya 68th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF.

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