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B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator #42-40610 'Satan's Sister' 409th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF during engine overhaul at Hardwick, England.
B-24 Liberator #42-40610 'Satan's Sister' 409th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF burnt out at Rinkaby airfield, Sweden having been destroyed by her crew on 9th Oct 43.
B-24 Liberator #42-40610 'Satan's Sister' 409th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF during engine overhaul at Hardwick, England.
Crew of B-24 Liberator 42-40610 "Satan's Sister", 409th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF, Capt. William M Bryan Jr. William Mack Bryan Jr. standing back left with his crew.
Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
Sustained flak damage 9 Oct 43 mission to attack u-boat production in Danzig. On return flight one engine seized and was feathered, A/C began to lose height, diverted to Sweden. Successful belly landing was made at Rinkaby airfield, Sweden, crew set A/C alight and were interned.
Group
The 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1 Mar 42 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15 May 42. the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida, to continue advanced flight training and also to fly antisubmarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico. They...
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Crew member 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Observer | 93rd Bomb Group
Crew member 42-40610, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. Later on 9 Oct 43 on mission to bomb Danzig U-Boat production in B-24 42-40610 'Satan's Sister' A/C took flak hits, lost engine on return, diverting to...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Crew member 42-40610, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
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Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Co pilot 41-24125, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9th AF. Crew member 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
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Military | Captain | Navigator | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF. Crew member 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF. TDY 9AF. Crew member 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF. Crew member 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Crew member 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
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Military | Colonel | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Pilot 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
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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...
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| Assigned | Benghazi, Libya | August 1943 |
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409th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF. |
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| Survived Ploesti | Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 |
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Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | 291 76 Rinkaby, Sweden | 9 October 1943 |
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Sustained flak damage 9 Oct 43 mission to attack U-boat production in Danzig in B-24 #4240610 'Satan's Sister'. On return flight one engine seized and was feathered, A/C began to lose height, diverted to Sweden. Successful belly landing was made at Rinkaby airfield, Sweden, crew set A/C alight and were interned. |
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| Destroyed | 291 76 Rinkaby, Sweden | 9 October 1943 |
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Successful belly landing was made at Rinkaby airfield, Sweden, crew set A/C alight and were interned. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 13 April 2015 10:53:46 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, description, events, unit associations and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:52 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 830 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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