8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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41-24111
B-24 Liberator
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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B-24D Liberator # 41-24111 'Picadilly Filley' 329th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF afire in Sweden, set on fire by the crew before being interned, 9th Oct 43.
Assigned 329th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF.
TDY 9th AF. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, aborted and returned Libya.
Later mission 9th Oct 43 sustained damage, diverted and landed in Sweden and set on fire by the crew who were interned. Note: MACR 829 incorrectly lists S/N as #41-23111.
Service
Units
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93rd Bomb Group
Group
93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1-March-1942 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15-May-1942 the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida to continue advanced flight training and also to fly anti-submarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico; they... -
329th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Thomas Atkinson
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-24 #41-24111 'Piccadilly Filly'. Landed in Sweden. Interned. -
Nicholas Caruso
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-24 41-24111 'Piccadilly Filly. ' Landed in Sweden. Interned. -
Theron Collins
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Aborted over Mediterranean on 1 Aug '43 mission to Ploesti in 'Piccadilly Filly' because three rear guns were inoperative. -
William Culin
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
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Joe Henson
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
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Dale Hunter
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-24 #41-24111 'Piccadilly Filly'. Landed in Sweden, Interned (INT). -
Charles Lockwood
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-24 41-24111 'Piccadilly Filly. ' Landed in Sweden. Interned. -
Richard McKittrick
Military | Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
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James Poe
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
April 16, 1943 on board when Captain Leon Packer crash-landed battle damaged B-24 41-23847 Yardbird. Flew in Operation Tidal Wave. -
Victor Richard
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-24 41-24111 'Piccadilly Filly. ' Landed in Sweden. Interned.
Missions
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Operation Tidal Wave
1 August 1943
Operation TIDAL WAVE. B24D Liberators attack the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. The bombers flew low to avoid radar detection and dropped time delayed bombs. Out of the 177 B-24s that took part in the raid 167 managed to attack their targets. 57 B... -
VIII Bomber Command 113
9 October 1943
This mission is composed of 6 elements. The first element is a combined force of 115 B-17s from: 303BG (20); 379BG (20); 384BG (21); 351BG (21); 91BG 16; and 381BG (16) dispatched to bomb the industrial areas of Anklam, Germany. 106 aircraft are...
Places
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Hardwick
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. In December 1943, the B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in, and remained until the end of the war, flying over 330 missions....
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Survived Ploesti | Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 |
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Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, aborted and returned Libya. |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Vännacka, Sweden | 9 October 1943 |
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9th Oct 43 sustained damage, diverted and landed in Sweden and set on fire by the crew who were interned. Note: MACR 829 incorrectly lists S/N as #41-23111 |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 May 2020 01:53:01 | awgaster | Changes to nicknames |
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National archives |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 May 2020 01:42:44 | awgaster | Changes to media associations |
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Personal documents |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 April 2020 16:57:38 | 466thHistorian | Changes to production block number and place associations |
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Corrected block number, added base. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 April 2020 16:56:22 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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https://www.forcedlandingcollection.se/USAAFe/indexUSAAF.html |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 31 December 2019 03:30:04 | phil marchese | Changes to production block number and markings |
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AAM associated image. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 April 2015 22:18:33 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, description, events, unit associations, person associations and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 829 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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