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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.

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Units

  • 9th Air Force

    9th Air Force

  • 98th Bomb Group

    98th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942. ...

  • 344th Bomb Squadron

    344th Bomb Squadron

    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...

Aircraft

  • 41-11768 'KICKAPOO'

    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...

Locations

  • Lete

    Military site : airfield

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Collection name
John Simmons Young Collection
Object number
UPL 15175

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
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.
Date Contributor Update
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
Date Contributor Update
29 August 2020 13:43:58 general ira snapsorter Changes to person associations
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Removed associated person - not depicted in the image.
Date Contributor Update
12 August 2019 11:19:46 general ira snapsorter Changes to person associations, place associations and mission associations
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Removed associations not depicted in image.
Date Contributor Update
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
Date Contributor Update
11 August 2019 20:05:05 Kickapoo Changes to collection, caption, unit associations, person associations and place associations
Sources

Anatomy Of A Disaster - Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg ---- Together We Served.com ---- Black Sunday - Michael Hill ---- John S. Young, Jr - personal archives
Date Contributor Update
18 April 2015 14:16:00 Al_Skiff Created entry with caption, unit associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

http://www.b24bestweb.com

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