Claude H Ipher
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 32556
Claude Ipher
From his nephew, Floyd Ipher
Killed in Action on 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Let 'er Rip' 41-24121.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731644
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Let Er Rip
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in action |
1 August 1943 | ||
Born |
Hunting Mills, Pennsylvania |
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Sources
NARA files verified Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster. His DFC and Purple Heart were awarded posthumously for the 1 August 1943 Ploesti low level mission.
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 462