9th Air Force
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B-24 Liberator #41-11768 'Kickapoo' of 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. Crashed shortly after take-off for the August 1, 1943 low level Ploesti, Romania mission, initially due to loss of No 4 engine. 8 KIA , including pilots, Lt. Robert J. Nespor and Lt. John C. Riley / 2 WIA.
Group
The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942.
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Squadron
The 344th Bombing Squadron was first activated at MacDill Field, Florida as one of the original three squadrons assigned to the 98th Bombardment Group. The 344th soon moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana, where it began to train as a Consolidated B-24...
B-24 Liberator
The B-24D Liberator 41-11768, 'KICKAPOO', was piloted by Lt. John S. Young from Dallas, Texas as part of the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 344th Bombing Squadron, which arrived in North Africa in early 1943. This airplane and was Lt...
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15 December 2020 14:47:40 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to person associations and mission associations |
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Removed associations not depicted in the image. Associated content should be added to the AIRCRAFT and/or PERSON records. |
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15 December 2020 09:58:49 | Kickapoo | Changes to collection, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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John S Young Jr - personal archives |
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29 August 2020 13:43:58 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to person associations |
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12 August 2019 11:19:46 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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11 August 2019 20:09:10 | Kickapoo | Changes to caption and person associations |
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Anatomy Of A Disaster - Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg ---- Black Sunday - Michael Hill ---- John S. Young, Jr. - personal archives |
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11 August 2019 20:05:05 | Kickapoo | Changes to collection, caption, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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Anatomy Of A Disaster - Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg ---- Together We Served.com ---- Black Sunday - Michael Hill ---- John S. Young, Jr - personal archives |
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18 April 2015 14:16:00 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, unit associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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