UPL 13891
IMAGEB-24 Liberator 42-40182 'Porky II' lost on the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid. Pilot Rowland M Gentry crash landed into cornfield after leaving target. Waist gunner St Sgt Charles T Bridges was able to get out of A/C just before it exploded. 8 KIA 1 POW. MACR 2415.
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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: Forky II
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron