UPL 15339
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Consolidated B-24D Liberator, #41-11779, 'Li'l Abner' - Centre ship - 9th Air force - 376th Bomb Group - 513th Bomb Squadron. 'Lil Abner' was a veteran of the Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Hubert H Whitlock. It returned safely to Benghazi, Libya. Aug 1, 1943. Lost - destroyed on Mission 203 at Augsburg, Germany. On returning from the mission, the aircraft crash landed at it's home base. - Pilot E. D. Thurman. Dec 19, 1943.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Li'l Abner
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 513th Bomb Squadron
Mission
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
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Black Sunday - Michael Hill
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The Great Ground-Air Battle Of August 1,1943 - James Dugan & Carroll Stewart
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