Service File · AircraftB-24D328th Bombardment SquadronMissing in Action
42-40807
Serial
42-40807
Tail Code
GO
Radio Call
L · Love
The Ship
B-24D-100-CO serial number 42-40807 served with the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group (call letter L). While assigned to the 93rd, it took part in and survived Operation Tidal Wave, the low-level raid on the Ploesti oil refineries in Romania, on 1 August 1943.
The aircraft was later transferred to the 567th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group (call letter U). It was lost over Germany on 24 February 1944. Pilot: John E. Gold. MACR 2940.
Data plate.
§ Record of Type
Manufacturer
Consolidated Aircraft Corp. · San Diego, Calif.
Fiscal Year
FY 1942
Block Number
100
Full Designation
B-24D-100-CO
Version
B-24D
Finish
Olive Drab
Date Lost
24 February 1944
MACR
2940
Sources.
§ Provenance
http://www.b24bestweb.com/807-v1-2.htm
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/807-v1-1.htm
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