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USAAF B-24D "The Sandman" 98th BG 9th AAF |
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File Description:
B-24D-55-CO #42-40402 was assigned to the 345th Bomb Squadron, 98th Bomb Group, 9th AAF. This aircraft was assigned to 1Lt Bob Sternfels and a photo of this ship clearing the Ploesti refineries was often published following the 1 Aug 1943 mission. The nose art depicts Donald Duck carrying a large "sand bad" which is spilling bombs from it. The mission markers were miniatures of the larger art. "The Sandman was lost Sunday 19 Dec 1943 on a mission to theMesserschmitt Plant Augsburg, Germany. Its wreckage was later found in the 1980s in the Italian Dolomite mountains.
Filename: | USAAF_B24D__The_Sandman__98th_BG__9th_AAF.zip |
License: | Freeware |
Added: | 10th September 2008, 03:47:43 |
Downloads: | 277 |
Author: | Gary Horton |
Size: | 13.26 MB |