Corgi AA34002 Consolidated B-24D Liberator United States Army Air Force 240128/J Named The Ball of Fire III 328th BS/93rd BG, 8th Air Force, Ploesti Raid, 1943
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AA34002
1:72 Scale
Consolidated B-24D Liberator United States Army Air Force 240128/J Named The Ball of Fire III 328th BS/93rd BG, 8th Air Force, Ploesti Raid, 1943
1:72 Scale
Consolidated B-24D Liberator United States Army Air Force 240128/J Named The Ball of Fire III 328th BS/93rd BG, 8th Air Force, Ploesti Raid, 1943
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This San Diego built Liberator carried the nickname Ball of Fire The III to the port. At this time here Major Joseph Tate piloted the aircraft although it was to be later piloted by Frank Kilcheski and carried a dual nickname of War Baby. First test flown on 26 December 1942, the aircraft was delivered to the AAF four days later and subsequently flown by Tate on the 1st August 1943 Tidal Wave mission against oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania.