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Aborted Operation TIDAL WAVE, 1 Aug 43,
Ploesti Romania - "RAF Fin Flash"
Contributor -
Dave Gansz
Struck parked 44-48857 (Right) while being prepped for storage at Hill Field, UT
31 Jan 45.
Info Contributor -
Ed Clendenin
On loan to 93rd BG and scheduled to be
flown by 1/Lt. Howard W. Freese on the 1 Aug 43 Ploesti mission. He was obliged
to turn back, jettison the bombs in the sea and return to Benghazi, Libya, due
to a serious fuel leak discovered immediately after take-off.
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