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B-24D Liberator bomber, #42-40749, named, 'Sack Time Sally', from the 565th Bomb Squadron, the 389th Bomb Group, and the 8th Air Force and crew, flew on the Ploesti oil refinery raid, 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
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40749.
Shot down 26-Nov-43 in B-24 42-40749 'Sack Time Sally. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
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.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
The B-24D, 'Sack-Time Sally', flew on the Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Lt. Roy E. Braly, returning safely to Libya. Aug 1, 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...
Military site : airfield
Construction of Hethel airfield began in 1941, and was finished in late 1942. The number of hardstandings was increased from the planned 36 to 50 in 1942, in order to accommodate a full heavy bomb group. The 320th Bomb Group occupied the base for ten...
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| Born | Lamar, MO | 10 November 1918 |
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NoK: Frank Payton (Guardian). |
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| Lived in | Miami, OK | 1941 |
| Enlisted | Camp Blanding, FL | 23 May 1942 |
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Camp Blanding, Florida |
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| Based | Hethel | 1943 – 26 November 1943 |
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Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Opeinde, Netherlands | 26 November 1943 |
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Shot down 26-Nov-43 in B-24 42-40749 'Sack Time Sally. ' Killed in Action (KIA). |
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| Buried | March 1950 | |
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| 22 February 2021 15:14:40 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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| 01 November 2019 13:19:50 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography, events and mission associations |
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| 27 September 2014 18:26:33 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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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