41-23667 Ball of Fire Barber Bob

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23667) nicknamed "Ball of Fire (Barber Bob)" of the 93rd Bomb Group used as a flight assembly ship.

Object Number - FRE 780 - A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23667) nicknamed "Ball of Fire (Barber Bob)" of the 93rd Bomb Group used as a flight assembly ship.

Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Waist gunner S/Sgt Arthur L Crandall made the 8AF first kill when he downed a Fw190 on 9-Oct-42. War-Weary became group's assembly ship decorated with multicoloured stripes hence the Barber's influenced renaming.

Ship in flight b&w https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/consolidated-b-24-liberator.41934…

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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

Arthur Lee Crandall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15082720
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aaron Franklin Moses

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14031789
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight engineer / Top turret
Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph S Tate Jr, Sergeant Edward J Rubin and Technical Sergeant Gottrell H Wright of the 93rd Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40128) nicknamed "Ball of Fire the III". Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 4 Nov 1943' [stamp]. '283892' [Censor no]. Printed caption on reverse: 'COMBAT PERSONNEL OF THE "TRAVELLING CIRCUS" L to R: Lt. Col. Joseph S. Tate, Jr of St. Augustine Fla. Squadron Commander, has completed 32 missions, incl. Rome and Ploest

Joseph Scranton Tate

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-024034
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / pilot

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Revisions

Date18 May 2022 11:26:32
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

Mission to Berlin: The American Airmen Who Struck the Heart of Hitler's Reich By Robert F. Dorr
B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force By Robert F Dorr

Date26 Feb 2021 11:37:39
ContributorSnautzer
Sources

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/consolidated-b-24-liberator.41934…

Date12 Sep 2017 14:15:00
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

Mission to Berlin: The American Airmen Who Struck the Heart of Hitler's Reich By Robert F. Dorr
B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force By Robert F Dorr

41-23667: Gallery (2 items)

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23667) nicknamed "Ball of Fire (Barber Bob)" of the 93rd Bomb Group used as a flight assembly ship.

Object number: FRE 780 - A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23667)...

Object number: UPL 48091 - B-24 41-23667 'Ball of Fire' 328BS, 93BG