UPL 15280
IMAGEThe B-24D Liberator - #42-40749 - 'Sack-Time Sally' from the 565th Bombing Squadron, the 389th Bomb Group, and the 8th Air Force. It flew on Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. August 1, 1943. It was later shot down and lost after a mission over Bremen, Germany.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sack-Time Sally
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
Mission
- Date: 26 November 1943