UPL 39657

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B-24D, Kickapoo, crash at Lete Airfield - Aug 1, 1943 - Pilots Lt. Robert Nespor, Lt. John C. Riley, and all but two other crewmen were killed in action KIA when the airplane crashed and burned on takeoff. Aircraft lost. Crashed on takeoff for the Ploesti mission. Number 4 engine failure. - 8 KIA / 2 WIA. 1 Aug 43.

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Units

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Three airmen of the 389th Bomb Group stand with a B-24 Liberator used as a Flight Assembly Ship. Image via Tim Bivens. Handwritten caption from Bivens: 'My friend remembers it being named "Bucksheesh Benny" that it was used to fly Jack Benny around USA shows. Says it flew in North Africa with Benny and was eventually assigned to 389th as a hack and later as a form-up ship. He thinks it was originally with another group (possibly 376th or 98th).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '389th BG Form-up ship.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Kickapoo
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron

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John S Young Jr -- personal archives

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John S Young Jr - personal archives

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Removed associations not depicted in the image. Associated content should be added to the AIRCRAFT and/or PERSON records.

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Aircraft name capitals and punctuation. - Kickapoo

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Black Sunday-Ploesti - Michael Hill

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Anatomy Of A Disaster - Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg ---- Black Sunday - Michael Hill ---- John S. Young, Jr. - personal archives