42-40731 Hag Mag The Mothball Queen Eager Eve
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UPL 14880
B-24 Liberator #42-40731 'Hag Mag The Mothball Queen' 'Eager Eve'. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid and returned to Libya.
A/C flew on the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti mission, returned safely to Libya.
On 6 Oct 43 while taking off on the return flight from Marrakesh to the UK, hit a wall when just airborne. All but the pilots bailed out and the pilots crash landed it. It remained there and was reduced to components.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12143699
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-740800
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-673565
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13035494
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (44th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-734925
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Survived Ploesti |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | A/C flew on the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti mission, returned safely to Libya. |
Crashed |
Marrakesh, Morocco | 6 October 1943 | On 6 Oct 43 while taking off on the return flight from Marrakesh to the UK, hit a wall when just airborne. All but the pilots bailed out and the pilots crash landed it. It remained there and was reduced to components. |
Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya | 68th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF. |