The B-24D Liberator, 41-23722, Bomerang, was in the 8th Air Force, the 93rd Bomb Group, and the 328th Bomb Squadron. It was the first 8th Air Force Liberator to complete 50 missions. It survived the large raid on the Ploesti oil refineries. Returned safely to base. Aug 1, 1943

B-24D Liberator, 41-23722, Bomerang, (coded GO-C) of the 328th BS, the 93rd BG. It was the first 8th Air Force Liberator to complete 50 combat missions. It was a survivor of the large low level bombing mission to destroy the oil refinery complex at Ploesti, Romania. 1 Aug 43.

B-24D - Bomerang's crew in Britain - 41-23722. Luther Bird flew Bomberang on the large mission to destroy the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. Returned to base after bombing his target. Aug 1, 1943. Returned to the U.S. early in 1944 for a war bond tour.

Bomerang's crew : Back row, L-R : 1st Lt. John M. Stauffacher - 1st Lt. Murray Markowitz - 2nd Lt. Quentin L. Morris - 1st Lt. Carl F. Marcussen - Front row, L- R : TSgt. Glen P. Hartmen - TSgt. Clare C. Omley - SSgt. Harvey L. Heath - SSgt. Frank G. Blazeck - SSgt. - Kenneth W. Neidenthal - and SSgt. Donald J. Johnston

England : Hardened 8th Army veterans recently returned to Britain to renew acquaintance with Bomerang, a battle scarred B-24D bomber that supported the British Army at Tripoli, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis, Bizerte, Messina, Palermo, and Cotrone. The British saw plenty of, Bomerang, and her sister planes in the Mediterranean skies, strafing and bombing the Germans at low level in the desert, and at sea, as Rommel was driven out of North Africa, back into Italy. Bomerang, was one of the Liberator bombers originally brought from Britain to North Africa, the Middle East, the Romanian oil fields, and Austria. Having been away to war for 18 months, Bomerang is saying goodbye to the ETO, gathering up a crew of air and ground heroes and taking them back to the U.S. for a war bond tour. L-R : Pvt. George Read of London, Pvt. Bernard Birch of Watford, Pvt. Thomas Burchew of London - holder of the Military Medal, Pvt. Harry Alger of New York City, Pvt. Frederick Hopkins of Fulham, and David Hodson of Minchin, Hampton and 8th Army platoon leader.

Brig. General James P. Hodges, Washington, D.C., Commanding Officer of an Air Force Unit, congratulates Capt. Walter Travis Stewart, Salt Lake City, Utah, pilot of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber, Bomerang, while the crew looks on. Bomerang, completed 53 Missions against the Germans and Italians, and is due for a trip to the United States for a war bond tour with the B-24D bombers, The Squaw and The Blue Streak . 4 April 1944.

Capt. Walter Stewart, Salt Lake City, Utah, command pilot of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator Bomber, Bomerang, which completed 53 missions in the European Theatre of Operations, receives a cake from Miss Rachel Homer, American Red Cross worker, prior to departure to the United States. At the right is Lt. Col. George S Brown Jr, an officer at the Liberator's base at Hardwicke, England. 4 April 1944.

RAF Form 441A Sortie Reports for the 93rd Bomb Group on Operation Tidal Wave, the bombing of Ploesti. - 1 August 1943.

A signed photo of an early B-24D, from Capt. Walter Stewart's crew during the stateside war bond tour in 1944. NOTE : The abbreviated serial number on this airplane's vertical stabilizer indicates the photo of this plane is not, the B-24D, 41-23722, Bomerang.

Page 17 of the 93rd Bomb Group unit history. Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but before they were redeployed out of the ETO (European Theater of Operations). Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time based in the UK. They include photo montages showing different aspects of base life. Often the servicemen in the photos are unnamed. The American Air Museum hopes that by adding unit histories to the website as individual pages, the men in the photos will be identified and associated to their person entries. Many included lists of personnel and a mailing address, providing a means for servicemen to keep in contact with each other after the war. These lists are now incredibly useful records of where US airmen in England in 1945 called their home.