41-11767 Shanghi Lil
Object Number - UPL 15129 - B-24 Liberator #41-11767 'Shanghi Lil' flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, aborting before target. Lost to enemy action 24th Oct 43, over...
First served in 345th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF with the name SHANGHAI LIL before being sent to the Project 19 depot at Gura in Eritrea for repairs.
Name was changed, probably inadvertently, to SHANGHI LIL (the "A" was dropped from "Shanghai") during repainting at Gura which also provided the "ladies" (which adorned both sides of the nose).
SHANGHI LIL stopped in the 376th BG for a short time and received their #74 identification number, though there is no record of her flying combat with the 376th.
Assigned 345th BS, 98th BG Sep - Dec 1942.
Assigned 343rd BS, 98th BG Jul - Oct 1943.
Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, aborting before target.
Lost to enemy action 24th Oct 43, over Italy, Pilot Alfred J Thomas. MACR 1061.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Survived Ploesti |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, aborting before target. |
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Other Failed To Return FTR |
24 October 1943 | Lost to enemy action 24th Oct 43, over Italy, Pilot Alfred J Thomas. MACR 1061. | |
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Assigned |
Gura, Eritrea | First served in 345th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF with the name 'Shanghai Lil' before being sent to the Project 19 depot at Gura in Eritrea for repairs. | |
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Assigned |
376th BG, 9th AF. | ||
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Assigned |
Assigned 345th BS, 98th BG, 8th AF. Sep - Dec 1942. | ||
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Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya | Assigned 343rd BS, 98th BG Jul - Oct 1943. |
Revisions
Added associations to the 345BS / 98BG as listed in the A/C description.
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