B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator #41-11836 'Lil De Icer' 415th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by James L Merrick, returning safely to Libya.
B-24 Liberator #41-11836 'Lil De Icer' 415th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by James L Merrick, returning safely to Libya.
B-24 Liberator #41-11836 'Lil De Icer' 415th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by James L Merrick, returning safely to Libya.
B-24D - 'Lil De-Icer' - Nose Art
The B-24 Liberator, #41-11836, named, 'Lil De-Icer' in the 345th Bomb Squadron, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 9th Air Force, flew on the Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Lt. James L Merrick, returning safely to Libya. Aug 1,1943. It was transferred to the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 415th Bomb Squadron, on Aug 25, 1944.
B-24 Liberator
The B-24 Liberator, #41-11836, named, 'Lil De-Icer' in the 345th Bomb Squadron, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 9th Air Force, flew on the Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Lt. James L Merrick, returning safely to Libya. Aug 1,1943. It was transferred...
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | gunner
1 August 1943
Operation TIDAL WAVE. B24D Liberators attack the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. The bombers flew low to avoid radar detection and dropped time delayed bombs. Out of the 177 B-24s that took part in the raid 167 managed to attack their targets. 57 B...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Survived Ploesti | Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 |
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Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by James L Merrick, returning safely to Libya. |
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| Assigned | Benghazi, Libya | |
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345th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. |
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| Assigned | Benghazi, Libya | |
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415th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 April 2021 07:42:51 | Kickapoo | Changes to nicknames, markings, description and aircraft associations |
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The Great Ground-Air Battle Of 1 August 1943 - James Dugan & Carroll Stewart |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 April 2015 16:41:24 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, description, events, unit associations, mission associations and media associations |
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