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41-11916
B-24 Liberator
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B-24 Liberator #41-11916 'Tangerine' 513th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew in 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Charles L Hobbs, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator #41-11916 'Tangerine' 513th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew in 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Charles L Hobbs, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator #41-11916 'Tangerine' 513th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew in 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Charles L Hobbs, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator #41-11916 'Tangerine' 513th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew in 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Charles L Hobbs, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator #41-11916 'Tangerine' 513th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew in 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Charles L Hobbs, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator #41-11916 'Tangerine' 513th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew in 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Charles L Hobbs, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator #41-11916 'Tangerine' 513th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew in 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Charles L Hobbs, returning safely to Libya.
B-24 Liberator #41-11916 'Tangerine' 513th BS, 376 BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Charles L Hobbs, returning safely to Libya.
RCN changed, 20/38/42.
Service
Units
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376th Bomb Group
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... -
513th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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...
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 piloted by Charles L Hobbs, returning safely to Libya. |
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| Assigned | Benghazi, Libya | |
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513th BS, 376 BG, 9th AF. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 April 2015 13:21:36 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, description, events, unit associations, mission associations and media associations |
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http://www.armyaircorps-376bg.com / http://www.b24bestweb.com / http://www.freewebs.com |
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