Richard B Smith

Military
media-15403.jpeg UPL 15403 B-24 Liberator #42-40803 564th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF, pilot Richard B Smith and crew, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.

Object Number - UPL 15403 - B-24 Liberator #42-40803 564th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF, pilot Richard B Smith and crew, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely...

Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40803.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 36th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Miss Liberty
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 567th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Fort Worth, Texas

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Page 412 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45), 389th BG Roster

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