9th Air Force
42-40657
B-24 Liberator
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Personnel of the 376th Bomb Group lift dust sheets to protect their equipment infront of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40657) nicknamed "GI Ginnie".
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B-24 Liberator #42-40657 'G I Ginnie', 514th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Norman C Appold, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator #42-40657 'G I Ginnie', 514th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Norman C Appold, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator #42-40657 'G I Ginnie', 514th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Norman C Appold, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator #42-40657 'G I Ginnie', 514th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Norman C Appold, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator #42-40657 'G I Ginnie', 514th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Norman C Appold, returning safely to Libya.
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Col. Norman C. Appold - Command pilot of B-24D 'G I Ginny' on Operation tidal Wave over the Ploesti oil refineries
B-24 Liberator #42-40657 'G I Ginnie', 514th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Norman C Appold, returning safely to Libya.
28th Dec 43 mission, target Vicenza marshaling yards, Italy, shot down by fighters, pilot Lt Clifford Wendell, 2 KIA / 8 POW. MACR 1588.
"The 376th BG proceed to target alone and without fighter support, they are swarmed by German fighters and lose 10 ships and many casualties on this mission".
Service
Units
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376th Bomb Group
Group
Constituted as 376th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 19 Oct 1942 and activated in Palestine on 31 Oct. Began combat immediately, using B-24 aircraft. Operated with Ninth AF from bases in the Middle East, Nov 1942-Sep 1943, and with Twelfth AF from Tunisia...
People
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Norman Appold
Military | Colonel | B-24 Command Pilot | 376th Bomb Group
Norman Appold graduated from the Aviation Cadet Training Program in 1942, commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. After completing pilot training, he served as a B-24 pilot in the 376th Bomb Group Association, completing 63 missions. ...
Missions
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Operation Tidal Wave
1 August 1943
Operation TIDAL WAVE. B-24D 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...
Places
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Mellaha
Military site : airfield
Events
| 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 Norman C Appold, returning safely to Libya. |
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| Failed To Return FTR | Vicenza VI, Italy | 28 December 1943 |
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28th Dec 43 mission, target Vicenza marshaling yards, Italy, shot down by fighters, pilot Lt Clifford Wendell, 2 KIA / 8 POW. MACR 1588. |
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| Assigned | Benghazi, Libya | |
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514th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 28 November 2018 07:25:10 | Kickapoo | Changes to person associations and place associations |
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Black Sunday - Michael Hill |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 April 2015 18:09:50 | 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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http://www.b24bestweb.com / http://www.freewebs.com / http://www.armyaircorps-376bg.com / http://www.findagrave.com / http://usaafdata.com / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com / MACR 1588 |
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