Ole Faithful, serial number 41-11595, was one of the original 23 HALPRO B-24s. She was assigned RCL #1. She flew 27 missions with this RCL.
After the formation of the 376th HBG, she was given a new RCL, #46. She flew 2 missions with this RCL.
In the spring of 1943, when the planes were given new RCL to align themselves with their squadrons, she was given RCL #25. She flew 2 missions as #25.
She was used to retrieve the aircrews that had been interred in Turkey following the June 12, 1942 Ploesti mission.
Sometime after this assignment, she had Lily of the Desert painted on her port side and Terry the Third Cossack Runner painted on her starboard side.
Photo from Albert Story
Photo from Donald Macrae
In December 1943, she left for the 376th HBG for the United States. She crashed in the UK on December 21, 1943.
Group Date A/C # and Mission Target Pilot
Mission # letter
1 2 6/15/1942 1 Convoy Mediterranean Alfred Kalberer
2 6 6/26/1942 1 Tobruk Libya Homer Adams
3 7 6/28/1942 1 Tobruk Libya Alfred Kalberer
4 9 7/ 1/1942 1 U Tobruk Libya Alfred Kalberer
5 12 7/ 3/1942 1 U Convoy Mediterranean Alfred Kalberer
6 14 7/ 6/1942 1 Benghazi Libya John Wilkinson
7 16 7/ 8/1942 1 U Benghazi Libya Walter Clark
8 18 7/ 9/1942 1 Convoy Mediterranean Sam Oglesby
9 19 7/11/1942 1 Tobruk Libya Walter Clark
10 20 7/13/1942 1 U Benghazi Libya George Uhrich
11 22 7/15/1942 1 Benghazi Libya James Sibert
12 24 7/17/1942 1 Tobruk Libya John Wilkinson
13 26 7/19/1942 1 U Tobruk Libya Horace Wade
14 28 7/21/1942 1 Suda Bay Crete Alfred Kalberer
15 30 7/23/1942 1 U Benghazi Libya Paul Davis
16 32 7/25/1942 1 Tobruk Libya Richard Sanders
17 34 7/28/1942 1 U Suda Bay Crete James Sibert
18 36 7/30/1942 1 Suda Bay Crete Paul Davis
19 37 8/ 1/1942 1 U Convoy Mediterranean James Sibert
20 38 8/ 4/1942 1 U Convoy Mediterranean Paul Davis
21 41 8/27/1942 1 U Convoy Mediterranean John Wilcox
22 42 8/30/1942 1 U Tobruk Libya Robert Paullin
23 43 9/ 1/1942 1 Canea Crete James Sibert
24 44 9/ 3/1942 1 Convoy Mediterranean Horace Wade
25 50 9/22/1942 1 U Benghazi Libya Horace Wade
26 51 9/27/1942 1 Benghazi Libya Walter Clark
27 53 10/ 6/1942 1 Benghazi Libya Norman Appold
28 101 2/24/1943 46 C Naples Italy Lin Parker, Jr
29 104 3/13/1943 46 C Naples Italy Donaldson Hurd
30 112 4/12/1943 25 O Naples Italy Guy Iovine
31 115 4/17/1943 25 Catania Sicily Guy Iovine
32 117 4/26/1943 25 I Bari Italy Guy Iovine
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