42-40265 - Honkey Tonk Gal - Naked Truth

media-48073.jpeg UPL 48073 The B-24D - 42-40265, Honky Tonk Gal. - Pilot Hubert H. Womble. The airplane was previously named, The Naked Truth.
Lost on Operation Tidal Wave. Aug 1, 1943. - MACR 330.

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Object Number - UPL 48073 - The B-24D - 42-40265, Honky Tonk Gal. - Pilot Hubert H. Womble. The airplane was previously named, The Naked Truth. Lost on Operation Tidal...

The B-24D, 42-40265, named, Honkey Tonk Gal, crash landed while participating with the 9th Air Force in north Africa, for the Ploesti bombing mission. Lost on Operation Tidal Wave. 1 Aug 43. - MACR 330. - Pilot Hubert H. Womble. Upon leaving the target area, after bombing it's target, Honkey Tonk Gal, was riddled with flak splinters and attacked by German fighters who hit the plane hard with their cannon shells. Lt. Womble crash landed the plane causing more injuries for the crewmen, who become prisoners (POW) after crashing and being captured. Most of them survived their terrible injuries, by being nursed back to life by the excellent medical care they received from the Romanian doctors and nurses. But Bombardier 1st Lt. William H. Little had been poisoned by the gasoline he was flooded in, and died of his wounds a week later, in the hospital, and by having inhaled gasoline fumes for too long before being pulled out of the plane's wreckage. 1 POW-WIA-KIA. 9 POW. 1 Aug 1943. MACR 330.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13048346
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35277037
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14067163
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33200358
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35016325 / O-735404
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Crash landed on 1st Aug 43 while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid. Crew become POW's with Bombardier 1st Lt William H Little succumbing to his wounds in Romanian hospital whilst POW. MACR 330.

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