98th Bomb Group
Group
The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942.
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Benina
Military site : airfield
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Benina Airfield
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Consolidated B-24D-85-CO Liberator #4240664 of 515th Bomb Squadron, 376th Bomb Group “Liberandos”, 9th Air Force "Teggie Ann", former "Honey Chile", taxing on a North African base. The latter is likely Benina, near Benghazi, where the 376th arrived on April 1943, from other Palestinian and North African airfields.
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98th Bomb Group
Group
The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942. ...
People
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Adolph Aguirre
Military | Sergeant | AR | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Killed in Action (KIA) while TDY to 9th AF. B24 41-23817 'Suzy Q' believed to have crashed and burned on beach at Cape Stilo, Italy. WOM North Africa -
Ronald Allen
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Navigator | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Attached to 9AF USAAF, TDY in North Africa. Took part in Operation 'Tidal Wave', the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40172 'Lynn Bari II'. ... -
Clement Badeau
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer / Top Turret | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Underwood crew member, B-24 Liberator 41-11921 'Northern Star' 'Doc', flew on the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid. The aircraft successfully bombed the target and returned safely to Benghazi, Libya despite being intercepted... -
Walter Bateman
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Killed in Action (KIA) while TDY to 9th AF. B24 41-23817 'Suzy Q' believed to have crashed and burned on beach at Cape Stilo, Italy. p. 235 -
J Bell
Military | Staff Sergeant | Assistant Engineer | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Attached to 9AF USAAF, TDY in North Africa. Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-24 42-72857 'Star Spangled Hell'; mauled by fighters, A/C exploded 10 miles north of target. 1-Oct-43 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR... -
Julian Bleyer
Military | Colonel | Pilot | 98th Bomb Group
Pilot B-24 #41-11896 flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. ... -
Steve Bugyie
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner; Assistant Engineer | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. ... -
Robert Chapman
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Killed in Action (KIA) while TDY to 9th AF. B24 41-23817 'Suzy Q' believed to have crashed and burned on beach at Cape Stilo, Italy. p. 235 -
Michael Cianciolo
Military | Aerial Engineer | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
KIA while TDY to 9th AF. B24 41-23817 'Suzy Q' believed to have crashed and burned on beach at Cape Stilo, Italy. WOM North Africa -
Robert Courtney
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 98th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on Ploesti raid in B-24 #42-40364.
Aircraft
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41-23817 'Suzy Q'
B-24 Liberator
SUZY-Q, flown by Col. Leon Johnson, led the 44th Bomb Group on the Aug 1, 1943 Ploesti raid and was the most famous ship of the 67th Squadron. The plane was lost on Aug 16, 1943 on a mission to the north airfield at Foggia, Italy. The plane... -
42-40371 'GI Gal'
B-24 Liberator
Departed target Ploesti, with part of a wing shot off, A/C emerged into a crisscrossing of ships, was unable to catch up with any of the improvised formations ahead and so was a tempting target. Me 109s pounced and shot away most of the tail turret,... -
42-72857 'Star Spangled Hell'
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Attached to 9AF USAAF, TDY in North Africa. Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt with Olson crew; attacked by 5 Me-109's, bomb bay and one engine ablaze, A/C peeled off while still being pursued. After all the crew... -
42-40402 The Sandman
B-24 Liberator
Crew of "The Sandman" on the Ploesti raid: ... -
42-40364 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
B-24 Liberator
Capt. James A. Gunn, Jr. - Pilot (KIA), 2nd Lt. Richard C. Williamson - Co-Pilot (KIA) ... -
41-11819 Raunchy
B-24 Liberator
Lost on Ploesti oil refinery raid. 1st Aug 1943. MACR 169. ... -
41-11840 The Witch
B-24 Liberator
Failed To Return - This aircraft was lost on the low-level Ploesti mission 1 Aug 43. It made a forced landing near the border of Bulgaria and Yugoslavia following a running fight with enemy fighters. Six of the crew became POWs in Bulgaria, the other... -
42-40322 Cornhusker
B-24 Liberator
Shot down over the Ionian Sea by Bf109G's from JG 27/IV while returning from the August 1,1943 low-level mission to Ploesti,Romania. All 10 crew members were KIA. MACR 178 ... -
41-11761 The Squaw
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator #4111761 'The Squaw' flew on the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, recovering to Cyprus, piloted by Royden L Lebrecht. On completion of its tour, returned to Fort Worth, TX, USA for a war bond tour. -
41-11896 Nightmare
B-24 Liberator
Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, pilot Lt Col Julian M Bleyer, returning safely to Libya. Shot down on 3rd Sep 43 mission to bomb Sulmona, Italy marshaling yards, pilot Herman E Stephens - 7 KIA / 3 POW MACR 463
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| 01 November 2016 03:21:23 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with name, known as, latitude, longitude, usaaf from date, usaaf to date and media associations |
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