HAG MAG the Mothball Queen --- B-24D-90-CO --- 42-40731
Also known as EAGER EVE (right side)
44th Bomb Group / 68th Bomb Squadron

This aircraft also carried the title "Eager Eve" on its right side.
If anyone has other photos of this aircraft, in either guise,
or can add any further detail to its history,
please share with me.

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Date	Pilot	Target
			Asigned to 68th Bomb Sqn as a/c N
26 Jun 43	G P Martin / E V Hawkins		Flew to Benina Main, Benghazi, N. Africa
08 Jul 43	G P Martin /	Catania	Flown from N. Africa base
12 Jul 43	G P Martin /	Reggio di Calubria
13 Jul 43	Capt R Phillips /	Crotone Airfield
15 Jul 43	E M Shannon /	Foggia Airdrome
17 Jul 43	G P Martin /	Naples
19 Jul 43	G P Martin /	Rome Littoria	Deputy group lead
01 Aug 43	G P Martin / E V Hawkins	Ploesti	Top turret guns inoperative
13 Aug 43	W B Weant /	Wiener Neustadt
19 Aug 43	Capt G P Martin /	Foggia
21 Aug 43	B Gildart /	Cancello
26 Aug 43			Returned from N.Africa to Shipdham
06 Sep 43	J Brown /	Diversion	Flown from Shipdham
16 Sep 43	D W Alexander	Conches Airdrome
17 Sep 43			Left Shipdham from Tunis, N. Africa
21 Sep 43	Capt G P Martin /	Leghorn
01 Oct 43	Capt G P Martin	Wiener Neustadt
06 Oct 43	Capt G P Martin / E V Hawkins		Crashed and Salvaged at Marrakesh after hitting stone wall on takeoff for return to England

© Ray Bowden