UPL 15344
IMAGEB-24 Liberator #42-40782 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' 567th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Robert J O'Reilly, lost over Romania on return flight, crash landed. 1 KIA / 9 POW. MACR 158.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Chattanooga Choo Choo, Shoot, Fritz. Youre Faded
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron