41-24023 Fertile Myrtle

media-15237.jpeg UPL 15237 B-24 Liberator #41-24023 'Fertile Myrtle' 415th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, piloted by Herbert I Shingler, returning safely to Libya.

Object Number - UPL 15237 - B-24 Liberator #41-24023 'Fertile Myrtle' 415th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, piloted by Herbert I Shingler, returning safely...

B-24 Liberator #41-24023 'Fertile Myrtle' 415th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, piloted by Herbert I Shingler, returning safely to Libya.

19th Aug 43. En route to the target, the plane began smoking from the engines, after which it went into a dive and crashed into the ground and exploded. Pilot Ralph F. Wiesenberg. Italy. 10 KIA. MACR 325.

Crew:

2nd/Lt Joseph M. Gares Nav, 2nd/Lt James R. Curtis Bombardier, 2nd/Lt James H. Devers, Jr Co Pilot 2nd/Lt Ralph F. Wiesenberg Pilot, T/Sgt Orville K. Nicholson, T/Sgt Cedric J. Rougier, S/Sgt Harry L. Fischer Gunner, S/Sgt Marcel G. Parker Gunner, S/Sgt John A. Summers Gunner, S/Sgt Patrick L. Burke Gunner.

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Survived Ploesti

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, piloted by Herbert I Shingler, returning safely to Libya.

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Failed To Return FTR

Italy 19 August 1943 19th Aug 43. En route to the target, the plane began smoking from the engines, after which it went into a dive and crashed into the ground and exploded. Pilot Ralph F. Wiesenberg. Italy. 10 KIA. MACR 325.

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Benghazi, Libya 415th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF.

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