42-40563 - Wongo Wongo
Object Number - UPL 13679 - B-24 Liberator 42-40563 'Wongo Wongo!' Nose art.
Lost en-route to Ploesti, Romania with the loss of all crew members :
1st Lt. Brian W. Flavelle - command pilot 2nd Lt. John C. Ryan - co-pilot
1st Lt. Robert F. Wilson - navigator 1st Lt. Jack B. Lanning - bombardier
T/Sgt. Willis G. Lutz - radio operator T/Sgt. John H. Cleveland - engineer/top turret gunner
S/Sgt. Tim O. McLaughlin - gunner S/Sgt. Robert M. Bowden - gunner
S/Sgt. Melick J. Janacek - tail gunner Sgt. Sander Lazar - photographer/gunner
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12029073 / O-435680
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-423177
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19005904
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-730621
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Corfu, Greece | 1 August 1943 | Lost on the 1-Aug-43 low-level mission to bomb the oil refineries at Ploesti, Rumania. The aircraft went out of control and crashed into the Mediterranean near the island of Corfu on the way to the target. All 10 crewmen were killed. |
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Assigned |
512th Bomb Squadron, 376th Bomb Group "Liberandos", 9th Air Force. |
