UPL 15309
IMAGEB-24D Liberator, 42-40746, Ole Irish. - Pilot Lt. Frank McGLaughlin is third from the left side, standing. Ole Irish, flew on the Ploesti oil refinery mission, returning to Libya on three engines, another one of which, quit from fuel starvation on taxiing in from the runway. Lt. Mclaughlin's friends from the 8th Air Force in the B-24D, Old Blister Butt, saw him and Ole Irish, shot up and flying away from Ploesti on three engines, They escorted him back to Benghazi, Libya. 1 Aug 1943 Standing Rear L-R : Joe Sullivan - Navigator - Leo Travis - Bombardier - Frank McLaughlin - Pilot - Lee D. Slessor - Co Pilot Kneeling Front L-R : Charles Simmons - Ball and Tail Gunner Clyde Wickham - Radio Operator - Fay Kelly - Engineer - Waist Gunner - Marshall Lisiesky - Tail Gunner - Don Pierce - Waist Gunner - Chester Moore - Top Turret Gunner -
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17040654
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12035639
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32041169 / O-734123
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32491935
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Ole Irish
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron