42-40969 Big Noise

media-15115.jpeg UPL 15115 B-24 Liberator #42-40969 'Big Noise' 330th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF, flew on the 1 Aug 43 Ploesti mission but had to abort.
Later was interned in Switzerland on the 16th Mar 44 on the Friedrichshafen mission.

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Object Number - UPL 15115 - B-24 Liberator #42-40969 'Big Noise' 330th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF, flew on the 1 Aug 43 Ploesti mission but had to abort. Later was interned in...

Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, aborting before target, pilot John W Emmons.



Landed in Switzerland after completing the bomb run on Friedrichshafen, Germany on 16 Mar 44. Crew Interned.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Gerald L Ahlquist

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Peter Boruta

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Donald L Butterfield

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Fred K Conley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joseph A D'Atri

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Survived Ploesti

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, aborting before target, pilot John W Emmons.

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Switzerland 16 March 1944 Landed in Switzerland after completing the bomb run on Friedrichshafen, Germany on 16 Mar 44 in B-24D #42-40969 'Big Noise'. Crew Interned.

Assigned

Benghazi, Libya 330th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF.

Revisions

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Sources

AAM Database

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 3531 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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