Herbert M Light Jr
Military
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UPL 56549
Diehl crew, 44BG.
Rear L-R: S/Sgt Spear, T/Sgt Ward, S/Sgt McAtee, S/Sgt Gentry, S/Sgt Sevick, T/Sgt Carlton, Sgt Nelon
Front L-R: 1Lt Light, Cpt Diehl, 1Lt Girard, 1Lt Kelley
Rear L-R: S/Sgt Spear, T/Sgt Ward, S/Sgt McAtee, S/Sgt Gentry, S/Sgt Sevick, T/Sgt Carlton, Sgt Nelon
Front L-R: 1Lt Light, Cpt Diehl, 1Lt Girard, 1Lt Kelley
USAAF Photo
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying in B-24 Liberator 41-23699.
27 combat missions.
2 DFCs/ 5 Air Medals/ Bronze Star
1 Fs
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lemon Drop
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Swan, Iowa | 19 January 1921 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Self