Service File · AircraftB-24D328th Bombardment SquadronCrashed
“Dogpatch Raider”
Serial
41-24192
Tail Code
GO
Radio Call
A · Able
The Ship
Piloted by Joe Avendano, Dog Patch Raider came through the low-level Ploesti attack of August 1, 1943 undamaged. The aircraft's fortune ran out on February 3, 1944, when it crashed near Hardwick moments after becoming airborne under the command of Lieutenant Robert W. Roberts, flying with a novice crew of second lieutenants and buck sergeants. All but one man aboard were killed. Ground personnel who pulled the wounded and dead from the burning wreckage, working through gasoline fire and exploding ordnance, were later decorated for the rescue.
Data plate.
§ Record of Type
Manufacturer
Consolidated Aircraft Corp. · San Diego, Calif.
Fiscal Year
FY 1941
Block Number
20
Full Designation
B-24D-20-CO
Version
B-24D
Finish
Olive Drab
Date Lost
03 February 1944
Photographs.
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Carroll (Cal) Steward · Nebraska Printing Center · 2007
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