B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator #41-24035 'The Gremlin' 514th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Harlan D Whipple, returning safely to Libya.
B-24 Liberator #41-24035 'The Gremlin' 514th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Harlan D Whipple, returning safely to Libya.
Lost 5th Oct 43 over Greece, Pilot Charles A Petty, 8 KIA / 2 POW. MACR 1096
Group
Constituted as 376th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 19 Oct 1942 and activated in Palestine on 31 Oct. Began combat immediately, using B-24 aircraft. Operated with Ninth AF from bases in the Middle East, Nov 1942-Sep 1943, and with Twelfth AF from Tunisia...
Misc
1 August 1943
Operation TIDAL WAVE. B24D Liberators attack the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. The bombers flew low to avoid radar detection and dropped time delayed bombs. Out of the 177 B24Ds that took part in the raid 167 managed to attack their targets. 57...
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| Survived Ploesti | Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 |
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Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Harlan D Whipple, returning safely to Libya. |
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| Failed To Return FTR | Greece | 5 October 1943 |
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Lost 5th Oct 43 over Greece, Pilot Charles A Petty, 8 KIA / 2 POW. MACR 1096 |
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| Assigned | Benghazi, Libya | |
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514th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 April 2015 16:06:38 | Al_Skiff | Changes to description and events |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 April 2015 15:57:33 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, description, events, unit associations, mission associations and media associations |
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