41-11601 Hellzapoppin

Hellzapoppin, serial number 41-11601, was one of the 23 HALPRO B-24s. Her RCL was #23.

She was lost on her 9th mission. She crash landed on her return to base.  Howard Sturkie was the pilot.

Photo from Albert Story

Crash on August 1, 1942

photo from Robert Coutre

photo by Martin Metzler

Missions Flown


Group      Date      A/C # and   Mission Target         Pilot
Mission #               letter

1 20 7/13/1942 23 X       Benghazi Libya                         John Wilkinson
2 22 7/15/1942 23 X       Benghazi Libya                         Sam Oglesby
3 26 7/19/1942 23 X       Tobruk Libya                            Walter Clark
4 28 7/21/1942 23          Suda Bay Crete                         Edward Crouchley
5 30 7/23/1942 23          Benghazi Libya                         John Carmack
6 32 7/25/1942 23 X       Tobruk Libya                            Mark Mooty
7 34 7/28/1942 23 X       Suda Bay Crete                         George Whitlock
8 36 7/30/1942 23 U       Suda Bay Crete                         Therman Brown
9 37 8/  1/1942 23          Convoy Mediterranean             Howard Sturkie

Liberandos Patch

376 ARCHIVES

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At the 2017 reunion, the board approved the donation of our archives to the Briscoe Center for American History, located on the University of Texas - Austin campus.

Also, the board approved a $5,000 donation to add to Ed Clendenin's $20,000 donation in the memory of his father. Together, these funds begin an endowment for the preservation of the 376 archives.

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My Trip to San Pancrazio

October 2019


Reunion

NOTE change in month !!!

DATES: Oct 26-29, 2023

CITY:Tucson, AZ

HOTEL: Double Tree Suites Airport hotel

7051 South Tucson Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85756

520-225-0800


Click here to read about the reunion details.

previous reunions


For Sale

The Other Doolittle Raid


The Broken Wings of Zlatibor


The Liberandos


Three Crawford Brothers


Liberando: Reflections of a Reluctant Warrior


376th Bomb Group Mission History


The Last Liberator


Full Circle


Shadows of Wings


Ten Men, A "Flying Boxcar," and A War


I Survived Ploesti


A Measure of Life


Shot Down In Yugoslavia


Stories of My Life


Attack


Born in Battle


Bombardier's Diary


Lost Airmen


Langdon Liberando