Arthur Agan
Military | Lieutenant General
Chief, Tactical Operations, 8th Air Force, February 1942 to January 1944.
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Military
Superior leadership during the Ploesti raid 1 August 1943 in B-24 #41-23817 'Suzy Q. '
Commanding Officer at Colonel of 44th Bomb Group from 4-Jan-43 until 2-Sep-43 and went TDY with the unit to serve with 9th Air Force at Benina Main, Libya.
Johnson was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his leadership of the 44th Bomb Group on Operation TIDAL WAVE, the mission to bomb the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. Citation at http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2806/johnson-leon-w.php
Medal of Honor, Silver Star, Legion Of Merit, DFC 1Oak Leaf Cluster, AM 3Oak Leaf Cluster, French Legion Of Honor, French Croix De Guerre, Belgian Croix De Guerre, British DFC
Military | Lieutenant General
Chief, Tactical Operations, 8th Air Force, February 1942 to January 1944.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
1st Lt. Horace W. Austin, Jr. from Virginia Beach, VA, flew as command pilot in the B-24D 42-40778, 'Southern Comfort' on the Aug 1, 1943 raid on Ploesti, while temporarily assigned to the 9th Air Force.
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Military | Lieutenant General | B-24 Command Pilot - Squadron Commander - Commanding Officer | 376th Bomb Group
Keith Karl Compton (December 9, 1915 – June 15, 2004) was an American Air Force Lieutenant General who was Vice Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command. He flew as Command Pilot with Gen. Uzal Ent on Operation Tidal Wave in the B-24D, 'Teggie Ann'...
Military | Sergeant
Served in the staff of the Office of the Assistant G-3, 8th Air Force Headquarters.
Military | Sergeant
Served in the staff of the Office of the Assistant G-3, 8th Air Force Headquarters.
Military | Second Lieutenant | B-24D Co-Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
2nd Lt. Ronald Lee Helder was a B-24 pilot in the 8th Air Force, the 389th Bomb Group, and the 564th Bombing Squadron in WWII. He flew as Co-pilot with his friend, Command Pilot Lt. Lloyd H. Hughes, in the B-24D Lt. Helder called, 'Ole Kickapoo',...
Military | Staff Sergeant
Served in the staff of the Office of the Assistant G-3, 8th Air Force Headquarters.
Military | Sergeant
Served in the staff of the Office of the Assistant G-3, 8th Air Force Headquarters.
Military | Colonel | Commanding Officer | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
8th Air Force, G-3 Staff, September 1942
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Military | Brigadier General | Commanding Officer, Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Was sent to the 100th BG in Feb. 1945 to replace the Group Cmdr, served until end of war.
Division
In December 1944, the 2nd Bomb Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
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
Headquarters
B-24 Liberator
SUZY-Q, flown by Col. Leon Johnson, led the 44th Bomb Group on the Aug 1, 1943 Ploesti raid and was the most famous ship of the 67th Squadron. The plane was lost on Aug 16, 1943 on a mission to the north airfield at Foggia, Italy. The plane...
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
Shipdham was built in 1941-1942, the first US heavy bomber airfield in the English county of Norfolk. It was a standard design, with T2-type hangars and a domestic site dispersed to the south east. Improvements were carried out to increase the number...
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Born | Moline, KS 67353, USA | |
Died | 10 November 1997 |
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13 November 2015 17:54:54 | Lucy May | Changes to biography, unit associations and place associations |
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13 November 2015 17:48:56 | Lucy May | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, person associations and unit associations |
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27 September 2014 18:18:33 | 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 |