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FIRST U.S. HEAVY BOMBER STRIKE ON THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT
AND THE FIRST NIGHT HIGH ALTITUDE MISSION.
On 11 June 1942, the Halpro Group of 23 B-24 Ds, Commanded by Col. Harry Halverson, made a high altitude attack from Fayid Egypt on Ploesti, Rumania.
This group later operated out of Lydda Israel.
It later became the 376th Bomb Group of the 9th Air force.
AIRCRAFT & FIRST PILOTS
(01) 41-115915 OLE FAITHFUL * Capt. ALFRED KALBERGER (02) 41-115916 "BROOKLYN RAMBLER" * Lt. NATHAN BROWN Jr.
(03) 41-11625 "YANK" * Capt. PAUL DAVIS
(04) 41-11618 "OLE ROCK" Lt. GEORGE UHRICH
(05) 41-11622 "TOWN HALL" * Lt. ALFRED NESBITT Jr.
(06) 41-11609 "LITTLE EVA" * Lt. HOWARD WALKER
(07) 41-11600 "EAGER BEAVER" * Lt. CHARLES BROWN
(09) 41-11591 "QUEEN BEE" Lt. JAMES SIBERT
(10) 41- 11613 "FLORINE JO JO" Lt. KENNETH BUTLER
(11) 41-11624 "BALL OF FIRE" Lt. WALKER CLARK
(12) 41-11617 "OLD KING SOLOMAN" * Lt. JAMES SOLOMAN
(14) 41-11616 "ARKANSAS TRAVELER" Lt. HOMER ADAMS
(15) 41-11614 "RIPPER THE FIRST" Lt. ROBERT PAULIN
(16) 41-11620 "EDNA ELIZABETH" Lt. SAM OGLESBY Jr.
(17) 41-11592 "DRAGGIN LADY" Lt. THERMAN BROWN
(18) 41-11593 "BLACK MARIAH" * Capt. JOHN PAYNE
(19) 41-11597 "BLUE GOOSE" Lt. ANDREW MOORE
(20) 41-11615 "MONA THE LAME DUCK" Lt. FRANCIS MESTOR
(21) 41-11602 "BABE THE BLUE OX" * Lt. JOHN WILKINSON
(22) 41-11603 "MALICIOUS" Capt. RICHARD SANDERS
(23) 41-11601 "HELLSAPOPPIN" *Lt. EDWARD CAVE Jr.
(24) 41-11636 "WASH'S TUB" Lt. MARTIN WALSH
(25) 41-11629 "JAP TRAP" * Lt. MARK MOOTY