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B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator #41-23656 'Rowdy Ann' 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF.
B-24 Liberator #41-23656 'Rowdy Ann' 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. Before new name was applied - renamed from 'Rowdy II'
B-24 Liberator #41-23656 'Rowdy Ann' 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF.
B-24 Liberator #41-23656 'Rowdy Ann' 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF.
B-24 Liberator #41-23656 'Rowdy Ann' 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF and crew. Shown with Pilot Lt. Norman Hubbard (standing far left) May 44.
B-24 Liberator #41-23656 'Rowdy Ann' 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF and crew. Shown with Ed Clendenin, standing 4th from left. Harry Gillett (512th Squadron CO) is kneeling 2nd from right.
B-24 Liberator #41-23656 'Rowdy Ann' 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF.
B-24 Liberator #41-23656 'Rowdy Ann' 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, aborting before the target, pilot Allen B Gaston. A/C Renamed from 'Rowdy II' - Transferred to 376th BG / 512th BS. Returned to the States on June 6, 1944 and went on a war bond drive.
Group
Constituted as 376th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 19 Oct 1942 and activated in Palestine on 31 Oct. Began combat immediately, using B-24 aircraft. Operated with Ninth AF from bases in the Middle East, Nov 1942-Sep 1943, and with Twelfth AF from Tunisia...
Group
The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942.
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Squadron
The 344th Bombing Squadron was first activated at MacDill Field, Florida as one of the original three squadrons assigned to the 98th Bombardment Group. The 344th soon moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana, where it began to train as a Consolidated B-24...
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Turret Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Obituary for Luther Bailey
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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...
Military site : airfield
Military site : airfield
Military site : airfield
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| Survived Ploesti | Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 |
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Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, aborting before the target, pilot Allen B Gaston. |
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| War Bonds Tour | Fort Worth, TX, USA | 6 June 1944 |
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Returned to the States on June 6, 1944 and went on a war bond drive. |
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| Assigned | Benghazi, Libya | |
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344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. |
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A/C Renamed from 'Rowdy II' - Transferred to 376th BG / 512th BS. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 21 November 2016 04:58:33 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nicknames, unit associations and place associations |
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| 19 April 2015 11:27:48 | Al_Skiff | Changes to nicknames, description and events |
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| 18 April 2015 23:46:46 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, events, unit associations, mission associations and media associations |
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