41-24105 Tupelo Lass

media-15048.jpeg UPL 15048 Nose art of B-24 Liberator #41-24105 'Tupelo Lass' 409th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. Flew on the 1 August 43 Ploesti raid, returning safely to Libya. (L-R): Charles S. Young (Assistant-Co-Pilot), Albert C. Naum (Bombardier), Jake B. Epting (Co-Pilot), Edward E. Weir (Navigator). The pilot of "Tupelo Lass" on 1 August 1943 was Lt Kenneth O. Dessert.

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Object Number - UPL 15048 - Nose art of B-24 Liberator #41-24105 'Tupelo Lass' 409th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. Flew on the 1 August 43 Ploesti raid, returning safely to Libya....

Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. Salvaged after crashing at Hardwick 11th Dec 43 on return from Emden.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-23730, 4037A
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot, bombardment squadron operations officer, squadron commander, Chief of Manning Section, base director of operations & training, Executive Officer, Mobilization Plans, Directorate of Plans, Deputy A-3, Caribbean Air Command.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14042973 and O-434752
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Sergeant Glenister, a flight engineer of the 93rd Bomb Group attempts to spin the propellor on his B-24 Liberator, 1944. Image via Amos Golisch, 93rd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Sgt Glenister Flt/eng pulling through prop 1944.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Survived Ploesti

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.

Crashed

Hardwick, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB23, UK 11 December 1943 Salvaged after crashing at Hardwick 11th Dec 43 on return from Emden.

Assigned

Benghazi, Libya 409th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF.

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