Roy E Braly

Military
media-15273.jpeg UPL 15273 Lt. Roy Braly, pilot - standing left side - Pilot of the B-24D Liberator bomber, #42-40749, named, SACK-TIME SALLY, from the 565th Bomb Squadron, the 389th Bomb Group, and the 8th Air Force from Britain, and crew, flew on the Ploesti oil refinery bombing mission, returning safely to Libya. August 1, 1943
Crew:
Standing (L-R) Roy Braly - Pilot, Norbert Gebhard - Co-Pilot, Merlin Verberg - Bombardier, James McGahee - Navigator
Kneeling (L-R) Essman Matthews - Radio Operator, Virgil Hoffman - Engineer, Andrew S Toth - Waist Gunner, George Scott - Ball Turret
John Filenger - Tail Gunner, Edward Goodall - Waist Gunner

Best Web - B-24 - SACK-TIME SALLY

Object Number - UPL 15273 - Lt. Roy Braly, pilot - standing left side - Pilot of the B-24D Liberator bomber, #42-40749, named, SACK-TIME SALLY, from the 565th Bomb...

Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40749.



B-24D, #42-40749, 'Sack Time Sally'. Shot down by fighters after mission to Bremen, Germany. Copilot Dean Dalton KIA. November 26, 1943.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Dean Herbert Dalton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17017427 / O-424924
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Norbert Nicholas Gebhard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-740786
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

Edward M Goodall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39188102
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Virgil Lee Hoffman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14081963
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Merlin Harvey Verberg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16059841 / O-734763
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-40749

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sack-Time Sally
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 26 November 1943

Born

Bel Mar, New Jersey, USA

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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 389th Bomb Group

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3493 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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