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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B-24D Liberator, 42-40776, named, Old Blister Butt, in the 8th AF, the 389th BG, and the 564th BS. Pilot Robert L. Wright and crew. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. Maj Howard J. LaLonde is 3rd from left, rear row.
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T/Sgt James Van Ness, engineer and top turret gunner at the nose of his assigned B-24D, named, Chug-A-Lug. - TSgt. Van Ness was killed in action on the mission over the Ploesti oil refineries, mortally wounded by ground flak. KIA. 1 Aug, 1943. For his valor and sacrifice in combat he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross - posthumously.
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B-24D - #41-24301 'Lady Be Good' Crashed in the Lybyian desert 1943. All crewmwn KIA. 1943
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Flight Officer Marlow James Miller, Jr. - T-000117 B-24D - # 41-11787 - 'ZOMBIE' - 415th BS - 98th BG - 9th AF - Based at Benina Airfield, Benghazi, Libya, North Africa, 1943. Shot Down on May 11, 1943 by anti-aircraft fire. Aircraft crashed in Catania Harbor, Sicily, while on a mission over Catania Harbor, Sicily. The aircraft went into a spin after being hit and crashed. (9) Crew Were Killed. (1) Crewman Bailed Out, was captured and became a POW. - MACR 15074.
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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. B-24 #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'. ... -
Robert Austin
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 344BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 41-24198; Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 166 Awards: PH. -
Clement Badeau
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer / Top Turret | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Underwood crew member, B-24 41-11921 'Northern Star' 'Doc', flew on the 1-Aug-43 Ploesti raid. The aircraft successfully bombed the target and returned safely to Benghazi, Libya despite being intercepted by enemy... -
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 -
Francis Beatty
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Crew member of B-24 41-11921 'Northern Star' 'Doc', flew on the 1-Aug-43 Ploesti raid. The aircraft successfully bombed the target and returned safely to Benghazi, Libya despite being intercepted by enemy fighters... -
Theodore Beaudry
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 98th Bomb Group
Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, the B-24, 42-41007 'Margie A Virgin', was shot up pretty bad, and upon landing somewhere in Europe, caught fire with 6 members of the former DOPEY CREW: Gooden, Perkins, McNeil, Beaudry, Cox, and Cochrane,... -
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
Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Pilot B-24 41-11896 flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. ... -
Prentice Boston
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. John Childers crew. Completed tour. Returned to USA with B-24 'Chug A Lug' for war bonds tour. Awards: AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Aircraft
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41-23817 Suzy Q
B-24 Liberator
The B-24D, named, Suzy Q, flown by Pilot Lt. Robert I. Brown and commanded 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 along with the 67th's plane,... -
41-24226 Joisey Bounce - Utah Man
B-24 Liberator
The B-24D, 41-24226, Joisey Bounce, was assigned to Pilot Lt. Walter Travis Stewart of the 330th Bomb Squadron, the 93rd Bomb Group, and the 8th Air Force, for the large mission to bomb the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. Col. Stewart changed his... -
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
The B-24D Liberator bomber, named, The Sandman, was flown by Lt. Robert Sternfels and his copilot, Lt. Barney Jackson, in the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 345th Bomb Squadron, on Operation Tidal Wave, the famous mission to destroy the... -
42-40364 The Pink Elephant - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
B-24 Liberator
The Pink Elephant, 42-40364, was in the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, who called themselves, "The Pyramiders", and the 343rd Bomb Squadron. First named, The Pink Elephant, 42-40364, was the second B-24D, that was later renamed, "Snow White and... -
41-24198 The Vulgar Virgin - Hell From Heaven - Shoot You're Faded
B-24 Liberator
- The B-24D, 41-24198, named, The Vulgar Virgin, flown by Capt. Wallace Taylor, in the 9th AF, the 98th BG, and the 344th BS, based in Benghazi, Libya, should not be confused with Lt. Claude A. Turner's B-24D, 42-40608, also named, The Vulgar Virgin... -
41-11819 Raunchy
B-24 Liberator
The B-24D Liberator, Raunchy, 41-11819, was in the 344th Bomb Squadron, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 9th Air Force, based at Benghazi, Libya, North Africa, in early 1943. ... -
41-11840 The Witch
B-24 Liberator
The aircraft, 41-11840, named, The Witch, was in the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 343rd Bomb Squadron left. It deployed for duty in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in July, 1942. It's pilot, Lt. Glade Jorgenson, played a... -
42-40322 Cornhusker
B-24 Liberator
The B-24D, Cornhusker, in the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 415th Bomb Squadron, flew on Operation Tidal Wave, the large mission destroy the German held oil refineries at Ploesti Romania. It was shot down over the Ionian Sea by Bf-109G...
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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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