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James Theo Posey, Sr
Commanding Officer 44th Bomb Group from 3-September 1943 to 3-December 1943 while serving TDY with the 9th Air Force at Oudna, Tunisia.
1 August 1943, led Blue Target formation to Ploesti where they inflicted severe damage on the oil refineries.
Group
The 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 15-January-1942 at McDill Field, Florida and equipped with B-24Cs. The Group moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana and acted as a training unit for the 90th 93rd and 98th Bomb Groups and flew anti...
Squadron
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943.
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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...
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| 12 February 2020 14:44:45 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography, unit associations and mission associations |
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| 10 October 2017 02:45:55 | archeoluvr | Changes to middlename, suffix, awards and aircraft associations |
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West Point AOG.org/Memorials |
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| 10 November 2014 23:04:51 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to highest rank, role and biography |
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Lee Cunningham 10-Nov-2014. http://www.usaaf.com/8thaf/bomber/44bg.HTM. |
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| 27 September 2014 18:14:56 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp; 44th Bomb Group, The Flying Eightballs, pg 22 (photo) |
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