UPL 16630
IMAGEThe B-24D, 41-11613, Florine Juju - Halpro # 10. This plane was allocated to the Halverson Project ( Halpro ) in 1942. The USAAF project had been diverted from planned Lend Lease allocations. The Halpro inventory formed the First Provisional Bomb Group in the Middle East under the IXth Bomber Command control. Later, the 376th Bomb Group from the U.K. was activated in theater from the remnants of the Halverson Project. While the aircraft number was still, # 10 , the smaller lettered name, Teggie Ann, was added to the plane in the 376th Bomb Group, later named and numbered, # 71, Teggie Ann, then, finally, it was renamed, The Blue Streak, with it's aircraft number, # 71. After a long and successful combat career, The Blue Streak, was flown to Britain and, then, to the U.S. by Lt. John S. Young with Lt. Royden LeBrecht and his crew in his B-24D, The Squaw, and Walter Stewart in the B-24D, Bomerang, for a national war bond tour. 1944
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Detachment
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Florine JuJu, Liberandos, Teggie Ann, The Blue Streak
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 514th Bomb Squadron Halverson Detachment
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Berka, al Birkah
Revisions
Al Blue, The B-24 Liberator.
Maurer, AIR FORCE Combat Units in WWII.
Available images.
Phil Marchese, August 5, 2021.
Al Blue, The B-24 Liberator.
Maurer, AIR FORCE Combat Units in WWII.
Available images.
Phil Marchese, August 5, 2021.