B-24D of the 566th BS, 389th BG

"The Little Gramper" Show here After it's 16th mission on September 24th, 1943 (Pisa, Italy target: railroad yard).

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There are 16 bomb mission markings under the cockpit canopy. The seventh is horizontal.
This means the August 1st 1943 mission to Ploesti (Combat damage (AA): # 3 engine).

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Arrived overseas 16 Jun 43 and flew first combat mission 9 Jul 43.
Flew to Ploesti on 1 Aug 43 and served in the 389th BG until about May 44, racking up a total of 52 combat missions.

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Group switched over to B-24 H's & J's by the spring of 1944
15 May 44 - Transferred to 491st BG –  Noted as War Weary repainted in high visibility paint scheme and became Group's first assembly ship

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31 may 45 - Scrapped

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