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SSgt Norbert Bengford in Flight JAcket
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B-24 Que-Bar-Quennie crew. Pilot Roland E Yoders is the first man on the left in the back row. S/Sgt Norbert Bengford is kneeling on the far right hand side. S/Sgt Lewis Space is kneeling, 3rd in from the left.
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B-24 Liberator #42-40807 567th BS 389th BG, 8th AF. This was Capt Chester E Spurrier's "regular" aircraft and flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Capt Spurrier, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator #41-23933 'Sweet Adeline II' 565th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF and crew, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Stanislaus J Podolak, diverted to Cyprus.
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B-24 Liberator #41-23933 'Sweet Adeline II' 565th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF and crew, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Stanislaus J Podolak, diverted to Cyprus.
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B-24 Liberator #r42-40722 'The Little Gramper' of the 491st Bomb Group used as a flight assembly ship.
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B-24D Liberator #42-40743 567th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF. Aircraft took part in the 1st Aug 43 low-level mission to Ploesti, Romania, piloted by Dale L Sisson, returned safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator #42-40751 later named 'Touch of Texas' 567th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by William J Denton, returning safely to Libya.
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Nose art of B-24 Liberator #42-40751 later named 'Touch of Texas' 567th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by William J Denton, returning safely to Libya.
567th Bombardment Squadron, 24 December 1942 - 13 September 1945
Stations
Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, 24 December 1942.
Biggs Field, Texas, 1 February 1943.
Lowry Field, Colorado, 19 April – 8 June 1943.
RAF Hethel (AAF Station 114),[13] England, 11 June 1943 – 30 May 1945
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The 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943...
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret and Left Waist Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
George Abood was shot down by flak and crashed near Marigny in the B-24 #42-95026, "Yankee Rebel" on 25 July 1944. Abood escaped the aircraft via the tail hatch. After landing he was in contact with 1 of his crew members. Per George's report, (after...
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and crashed near Orleans, FR on 7 January 1944 in B-24D #42-63977 'Los Angeles City Limits. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 May 1944 in B-24 #4129451 'Helfer College. ' Ditched in Channel. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Air Medal w 4/Oak Leaf Cluster; DFC; EAME medal and WW II Victory Medal
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and crashed near Gross-Beeren on 6/21/44 in B-24 'The Magic Carpet' #42-95122, Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak at Braunschweig on 8/5/44 in B-24 #4295184
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
B-24J #42-100424 'Roll Call' apparently crashed N of Lingen/Ems, GR for unknown reasons on the return from a mission to Genshagen, GR on 6 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near St. Vivien on 14 Apr 45 in B-24 'Biggest Bird' #4251233
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 April 1945 in B-24 #4250774 'Standby. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 389th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters on return from a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100338. Prisoner of War (POW).
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B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 567BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseberg en route #2 engine had a small oil leak, at target leak increased considerably[8-9 gallons/hr], oil ran out causing it to be feathered. Within 75 minutes #3 supercharger failed....
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B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator 42-40733 567th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Clarence W Gerrick, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator
B-24D 42-40747 'Heavy Date' 567th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF, flew Ploesti oil refinery raid on 1st August 4, 3piloted by William M Selvidge, returning safely to Libya. On 7 January 44, its assigned target was the Ludwigshaven Oil Refinery in Germany,...
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B-24 Liberator
This was Capt. Chester Spurrier's "regular" aircraft. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Chester E Spurrier, returning safely to Libya. Briefly a 93rd BG aircraft in June 1943. It was lost in combat on February 24, 1944 while being...
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