41-11602 Babe the Blue Ox

Babe the Blue Ox, serial number 41-11602, was one of the 23 HALPRO B-24s.  Her RCL was #21 and she was on the first HALPRO mission to the Ploesti oilfields.

Following the creation of the 376th HBG in November 1942, her RCl was changed to #47.  She was lost on February 7, 1943 mission to Naples.


The above from James Britt

Missions Flown


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

  1   1   6/12/1942 21     Polesti Romania                          John Wilkinson
  2   2   6/15/1942 21 R  Convoy Mediterranean                John Wilkinson
  3   3   6/21/1942 21     Benghazi Libya                         John Wilkinson
  4 26   7/19/1942 21 R  Tobruk Libya                           George Whitlock
  5 28   7/21/1942 21     Suda Bay Crete                         John Wilkinson
  6 30   7/23/1942 21 R  Benghazi Libya                         Walter Clark
  7 32   7/25/1942 21     Tobruk Libya                            Edward Crouchley
  8 34   7/28/1942 21     Suda Bay Crete                         John Wilkinson
  9 38   8/  4/1942 21 R  Convoy Mediterranean                 John Wilkinson
10 40   8/24/1942 21     Tobruk Libya                           John Wilkinson
11 41   8/27/1942 21     Convoy Mediterranean                 James Sibert
12 42   8/30/1942 21 R  Tobruk Libya                                 John Wilkinson
13 45   9/  7/1942 21 R  Convoy Mediterranean                 Edward Crouchley
14 46   9/  9/1942 21 R  Tobruk Libya                                 John Wilcox
15 48   9/13/1942 21 R  Benghazi Libya                         Edward Crouchley
16 49   9/16/1942 21 R  Benghazi Libya                                 John Wilkinson
17 50   9/22/1942 21 R  Benghazi Libya                                 Delmar Rogers
18 51   9/27/1942 21 R  Benghazi Libya                                 Homer Adams
19 52 10/  1/1942 21 R  Convoy Mediterranean                      John Wilkinson
20 53 10/  6/1942 21 R  Benghazi Libya                                 Therman Brown
21 54 10/  9/1942 21 R  Benghazi Libya                                 John Wilkinson
22 55 10/11/1942 21 R  Convoy Mediterranean                         John Wilcox
23 63 10/26/1942 21 R  Convoy Mediterranean                         John Wilcox
24 66 10/30/1942 21 R  Maleme Crete                                 John Wilkinson
25 67 11/  1/1942 21 R  Maleme Crete                                 John Wilcox
26 69 11/  4/1942 21 R  Benghazi Libya                                 John Wilkinson
27 71 11/  6/1942 21 R  Benghazi Libya                                 John Wilcox
28 73 11/11/1942 47     Benghazi Libya                                 William Dwyer
29 75 11/15/1942 47 M Tobruk Libya                                 John Wilkinson
30 77 11/21/1942 47 M Tripoli Libya                                 Sam Oglesby
31 82 12/  7/1942 47     Tripoli Libya                                 George Whitlock
32 83 12/11/1942 47 M Naples Italy                                 John Wilkinson
33 85 12/20/1942 47 D Sousse Tunisia                                 Norman Appold
34 86 12/24/1942 47 M Naples Italy                                 John Lavin
35 87 12/28/1942 47     Sousse Tunisia                              George Whitlock
36 88   1/  2/1943 47 M Kastelli Crete                                 Alfred Kalberer
37 91   1/11/1943 47 M Naples Italy                                 John Toomey
38 92   1/16/1943 47 M Tripoli Libya                                 Delbert Hahn
39 93   1/20/1943 47 M Tripoli Libya                                 George McGuire
40 94   1/26/1943 47 M Naples Italy                                 William Dwyer
41 97   2/  7/1943 47     Naples Italy                                 James Brereton

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376 ARCHIVES

The website 376bg.org is NOT our site nor is it our endowment fund.

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