UPL 15196
IMAGEB-24 Liberator 41-23733 'Skipper' 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, aborting before the target due to mechanical difficulties, returning to Libya.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Skippy Skipper
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron