41-11836 - Lil De-icer
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Note : The B-24D Liberator airplane, 41-11836, named, Li'l De-icer, in the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 345th Bombing Squadron, in North Africa, should not be mistaken for another B-24D, 42-40965, also named, Li'l-de-icer, which was in the 11th Air Force, the 28th Bomb Group, and the 404th Bomb Squadron, in the Pacific Theater of Operations. It's RCL was 65.
The B-24D, 41-11836, named, Lil De-icer, was in the 345th Bomb Squadron, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 9th Air Force, was based, first, in Tunis, Tunisia, Tobruk, Egypt, and Benghazi, Libya, in 1943 and was later transferred to the 415th Bomb Squadron. 25 Aug 1944. The plane was flown by 1st Lt. James Lee Merrick on Operation Tidal Wave, the low level Ploesti oil refinery mission, returning safely to Libya (RTD). Aug 1,1943.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 345th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 345th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Survived Ploesti |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Aircraft flew on the Ploesti oil refinery mission piloted by Lt. James L. Merrick, returning safely to Libya. 1 Aug 43. |
Assigned |
Benghazi | 25 August 1944 | Transferred to the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 415th Bomb Squadron, on Aug 25, 1944. |
Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya | Assigned to : the 345th Bomb Squadron, the 98th Bomb Group, in the 9th Air Force. |
Revisions
http://www.b24bestweb.comlilde-icer-v1-6 - Details added for accuracy.
The Great Ground-Air Battle Of 1 August 1943 - James Dugan & Carroll Stewart