9th Air Force
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B-24 Liberator
Capt. James A. Gunn, Jr. - Pilot (KIA), 2nd Lt. Richard C. Williamson - Co-Pilot (KIA)
1st Lt. Bernard E. Leimbach - Navigator (KIA), 2nd Lt. Robert C. Courtney - Bombardier (KIA)
T/Sgt. Edwin L. Turner - Eng/Top Turret (KIA), T/Sgt. Delmar E. Smith - Radio Operator (KIA)
S/Sgt. Frederick L. Stukey - Waist Gun (KIA), S/Sgt. Charles R. Ruark - Waist Gun (KIA)
S/Sgt. Stanley M. Horine, Jr. - Tail Gun (POW)
Group
The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942.
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Squadron
Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb squadron and trained by Third Air Force. Deployed to Egypt in June 1942 over South Atlantic Transport Route transiting from Morrison Field, Florida though the Caribbean to Brazil; performed trans-Atlantic...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 98th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on Ploesti raid in B-24 #42-40364.
Military | Captain | Pilot | 98th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on Ploesti raid in B-24 #42-40364.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 98th Bomb Group
Sole survivor of B-24 #4240364 on Ploesti raid. Prisoner of War (POW), held at Camp Chumen Shumla, Bulgaria.
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 98th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on Ploesti Raid in B-24D #42-40364 Y "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 98th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on Ploesti raid in B-24 #4240364
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 98th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on Ploesti Raid in B-24 #42-40364.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 98th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) while on Ploesti Raid in B-24 #4240364
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner | 98th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on Ploesti raid in B-24 #42-40364.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 98th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on Ploesti raid in B-24 #4240364
1 August 1943
Operation TIDAL WAVE. B24D Liberators attack the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. The bombers flew low to avoid radar detection and dropped time delayed bombs. Out of the 177 B-24s that took part in the raid 167 managed to attack their targets. 57 B...
Military site : airfield
Event | Location | Date |
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FTR Failed to Return | Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 |
Failed to Return - Lost during the low-level mission to bomb the oil refineries in Ploesti, Rumania on August 1,1943. She was jumped by fighters while leaving the target and shot down with only the tail gunner, S/Sgt. Stanley Horine, surviving. MACR 165 |
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343rd BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. |
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22 February 2018 00:58:18 | decwriter | Changes to description |
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Corrected to Stanley M. Horine, Jr. per movement order. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
09 February 2018 01:58:27 | decwriter | Changes to description |
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Charles R. Ruark was listed as Roark, so the biography listing is correct now. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
07 February 2018 11:49:41 | Lucy May | Changes to unit associations |
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MACR 165: https://www.fold3.com/image/1/29417957 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
21 November 2016 04:44:31 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nicknames and place associations |
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"Air Stories of the 12th & 15th Air Forces" - Gerard Paloque |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
13 March 2015 14:06:49 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, description, events, unit associations, person associations and mission associations |
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