Theron U Collins Jr

Military
media-15092.jpeg UPL 15092 Nose art of Liberator B-24 #41-24111 'Piccadilly Filly' 329th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, later landed in Sweden 9th Oct 43 and set on fire by the crew who were interned. Posed by the nose pilot 1st Lt Theron U Collins.

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Object Number - UPL 15092 - Nose art of Liberator B-24 #41-24111 'Piccadilly Filly' 329th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, later landed in Sweden 9th Oct 43...

Aborted over Mediterranean on 1 Aug '43 mission to Ploesti in 'Piccadilly Filly' because three rear guns were inoperative.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24111

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Piccadilly Filly
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

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Born

Laurel Miss

Revisions

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Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 93rd Bomb Group

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ploesti by Dugan & Stewart

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Object number: UPL 15092 - Nose art of Liberator B-24 #41-24111 'Piccadilly...