41-23779 4q2

media-14897.jpeg UPL 14897 B-24 Liberator #41-23779 '4Q2' 67th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF, A/C flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. A/C later sent to attack V1 launch sites in the Pas de Calais, France ( code No Ball ). There was no flak over the target, but the enemy sent about 20 fighters up, Me109 and Fw190's carried out head on attack, '4Q2' was hit in #2 engine and sent into a downward glide, exploding shortly thereafter, 3 chutes were seen, one alight. Plane crashed near Grandcamp, France. 2 POW 8 KIA. MACR 2362.

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Object Number - UPL 14897 - B-24 Liberator #41-23779 '4Q2' 67th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF, A/C flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. A/C later sent...

A/C flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.

A/C later sent to attack V1 launch sites in the Pas de Calais, France ( code No Ball ).

There was no flak over the target, but the enemy sent about 20 fighters up. The 44th BG shot down eight of these. Unfortunately, the 67th Squadron lost one aircraft. Plane crashed near Grandcamp, France. Me109 and Fw190's carried out head on attack, '4Q2' was hit in #2 engine and sent into a downward glide, exploding shortly thereafter, 3 chutes were seen, one alight. 2 POW 8 KIA MACR 2362

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Joseph A Capo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Andy Chalan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Charles H Confer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35371803
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Harold E Cooper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38139230
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Alfred G Damron

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Survived Ploesti

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 A/C flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Grandcamp, France 14 January 1944 A/C sent to attack V1 launch sites in the Pas de Calais, France ( code No Ball ). There was no flak over the target, but the enemy sent about 20 fighters up. The 44th BG shot down eight of these. Unfortunately, the 67th Squadron lost one aircraft. Plane crashed near Grandcamp, France. Me109 and Fw190's carried out head on attack, '4Q2' was hit in #2 engine and sent into a downward glide, exploding shortly thereafter, 3 chutes were seen, one alight. 2 POW 8 KIA MACR 2362

Assigned

Benghazi, Libya 67th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to production block number, nicknames, description, events, unit associations, person associations and mission associations
Sources

http://www.findagrave.com / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com / MACR 2362

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

MACR 2262 / MACR 2362 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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