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B-24D - 'The Sandman' piloted by Lt. Robert Sternfels of the 98th Bomb Group, 344th Squadron - Flying through the fires and explosions of White IV behind Col. John Kane and John Young in 'Hail Columbia' - at Ploesti, Rumania, August 1, 1943
Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb squadron and trained by Third Air Force. Deployed to Egypt in June 1942 over South Atlantic Transport Route transiting from Morrison Field, Florida though the Caribbean to Brazil; performed trans-Atlantic...
Group
The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942.
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Military | Major | Command Pilot
Lt. Robert Sternfels was a B-24D command bomber pilot in WWII in the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bombing Group, the Pyramiders, and the 345th Bombing Squadron, who flew the famous B-24D bomber, 'The Sandman' on the mission Operation Tidal Wave to bomb the...
B-24 Liberator
Crew of "The Sandman" on the Ploesti raid:
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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...
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| 23 September 2019 20:09:49 | Kickapoo | Changes to person associations and aircraft associations |
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Black Sunday - Michael Hill ---- John S. Young, Jr. - personal archives |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 September 2019 13:00:07 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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Removed associations not depicted in image. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 September 2019 08:46:06 | Kickapoo | Changes to person associations |
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Ploesti - An Anatomy Of Disaster - Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg ---- Black Sunday - Michael Hill ---- John S. Young, Jr. - personal archives |
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| 08 September 2019 08:42:32 | Kickapoo | Changes to caption, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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Ploesti - An Anatomy Of Disaster - Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg ---- Black Sunday - Michael Hill ---- John S. Young, Jr. - personal archives |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 August 2019 14:04:40 | Emily | Changes to unit associations, person associations and aircraft associations |
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Removed associations not depicted in image, and associated B-24 The Sandman |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 August 2019 06:02:24 | Kickapoo | Changes to caption and unit associations |
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Black Sunday - Michael Hill |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 August 2019 06:32:26 | Kickapoo | Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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Anatomy Of A Disaster - Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg ---- Black Sunday - Michael Hill ---- Into The Fire - Duane Schultz ---- TogetherWeServed.com ---- FindAGrave.com ---- Personal Archives - John S. Young |
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