John N Gekas

Military
media-15482.jpeg UPL 15482 1st Lt Dean E Lear [Pilot] Houston, TX and 1st Lt John N Gekas [Bombardier] Lowell, MA of B-24 Liberator #42-40660 'Little Richard' 513th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, consult the mission map before another sortie, Benghazi, Libya, 1943.

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Object Number - UPL 15482 - 1st Lt Dean E Lear [Pilot] Houston, TX and 1st Lt John N Gekas [Bombardier] Lowell, MA of B-24 Liberator #42-40660 'Little Richard' 513th BS, 376th...

Bombardier B-24 Liberator #42-40660 'Little Richard' 513rd BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.

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Units served with

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little Richard
  • Unit: 376th Bomb Group 513th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Survived Ploesti

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Flew on 1st Aug Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya

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Assigned

Benghazi, Libya 513rd BS, 376th BG, 9th AF.
Lowell, MA, USA Lowell, Massachusetts, USA.

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