42-40773
Object Number - UPL 15395 - B-24 Liberator #42-40773 564th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF, pilot Edward L Fowble and crew. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely...
B-24 Liberator 42-40773 '773' 564th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Capt Edward L Fowble, returning safely to Libya.
3rd Oct 43, in the aftermath of the Wiener Nuestadt raid A/C was damaged and leaking fuel. Parts were unavailable in Tunisia. The 389th was ordered back to Hethel so Capt Fowble attempted to divert to Morocco to make repairs. I for item (42-40773 I/K) crashed 1 mile short of Marrakesh, in first leg of return to Hethel from Tunis, due to fuel exhaustion with 12 aboard killed.
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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: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35382569
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15045876 / 0-325990
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Major
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Presque Isle, ME, USA | 12 June 1943 | Landing accident, Presque Isle AAF, Maine, USA. Cat 3 damage, pilot John J McGraw. |
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Other Survived Ploesti |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Capt Edward L Fowble, returning safely to Libya. |
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Crashed |
Marrakesh, Morocco | 3 October 1943 | 3rd Oct 43, in the aftermath of the Wiener Nuestadt raid A/C was damaged and leaking fuel. Parts were unavailable in Tunisia. The 389th was ordered back to Hethel so Capt Fowble attempted to divert to Morocco to make repairs. I for item (42-40773 I/K) crashed 1 mile short of Marrakesh, in first leg of return to Hethel from Tunis, due to fuel exhaustion with 12 aboard killed. |
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Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya | 564th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF. |
