41-11600 Eager Beaver

Eager Beaver, serial number 41-11600, was one of the 23 HALPRO B-24s.  Her RCL was #7.  She was on the first HALPRO mission to the Ploesti oilfields on June 12, 1942.

She was on her 13th mission, when she was lost on the July 13, 1942 mission to Benghazi, Libya.

Missions Flown

Group      Date      A/C # and   Mission Target         Pilot

Mission #               letter

  1   1 6/12/1942 7          Polesti Romania                    Charles Brown, Jr
  2   3 6/21/1942 7          Benghazi Libya                      Charles Brown, Jr
  3   4 6/24/1942 7          Benghazi Libya                      Charles Brown, Jr
  4   5 6/25/1942 7          Tobruk Libya                         Alfred Kalberer
  5   6 6/26/1942 7          Tobruk Libya                         Charles Brown, Jr
  6   7 6/28/1942 7          Tobruk Libya                         Charles Brown, Jr
  7   8 6/29/1942 7 F       Tobruk Libya                         Charles Brown, Jr
  8 10 7/  2/1942 7          Tobruk Libya                         Charles Brown, Jr
  9 13 7/  4/1942 7 F        Benghazi Libya                     Mark Mooty
10 14 7/  6/1942 7 F        Benghazi Libya                     Martin Walsh, Jr
11 18 7/  9/1942 7 M       Convoy Mediterranean          Martin Walsh, Jr
12 19 7/11/1942 7          Tobruk Libya                         Charles Brown, Jr
13 20 7/13/1942 7          Benghazi Libya                      Charles Brown, Jr